Global dispersal and increasing frequency of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variant D614G
are suggestive of a selective advantage but may also be due to a random founder effect. We …

Background The burden and influence of health-care associated severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is unknown. We aimed to examine the use …

Monitoring the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and reconstructing transmission chains has become
a major public health focus for many governments around the world. The modest mutation …

Nowadays, data privacy is an important consideration in machine learning. This paper
provides an overview of how Federated Learning can be used to improve data security and …

SARS-CoV-2 is notable both for its rapid spread, and for the heterogeneity of its patterns of
transmission, with multiple published incidences of superspreading behaviour. Here, we …

Background Viet Nam has high rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) but little capacity for
genomic surveillance. This study used whole genome sequencing to examine the …

COVID-19 poses a major challenge to care homes, as SARS-CoV-2 is readily transmitted and
causes disproportionately severe disease in older people. Here, 1,167 residents from 337 …

Identifying linked cases of infection is a critical component of the public health response to
viral infectious diseases. In a clinical context, there is a need to make rapid assessments of …

Background Patients with prolonged hospitalisation have a significant risk of carriage of and
subsequent infection with extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing and …

Background DNA sequencing could become an alternative to in vitro antibiotic susceptibility
testing (AST) methods for determining antibiotic resistance by detecting genetic …