Genomic-informed pathogen surveillance in Africa: opportunities and challenges

SC Inzaule, SK Tessema, Y Kebede… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to incorporate pathogen
genomics for enhanced disease surveillance and outbreak management in Africa. The …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology

V Hill, C Ruis, S Bajaj, OG Pybus, MUG Kraemer - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Genomic epidemiology, which links pathogen genomes with associated metadata to
understand disease transmission, has become a key component of outbreak response …

[HTML][HTML] Genomics-informed responses in the elimination of COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia: an observational, genomic epidemiological study

CR Lane, NL Sherry, AF Porter, S Duchene… - The Lancet Public …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background A cornerstone of Australia's ability to control COVID-19 has been effective
border control with an extensive supervised quarantine programme. However, a rapid …

[HTML][HTML] A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks

A Christoffels, G Mboowa, P van Heusden… - Nature Medicine, 2023 - nature.com
A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks | Nature
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Design of a FAIR digital data health infrastructure in Africa for COVID‐19 reporting and research

M van Reisen, F Oladipo, M Stokmans… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The limited volume of COVID‐19 data from Africa raises concerns for global genome
research, which requires a diversity of genotypes for accurate disease prediction, including …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in South Africa

AN Happi, CA Ugwu, CT Happi - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Tracking the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in South Africa | Nature Medicine Skip to
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[HTML][HTML] Africa needs local solutions to face the COVID-19 pandemic

Y Boum, LM Bebell, ACZK Bisseck - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
In The Lancet, Stephanie Salyer and colleagues' compre hensive and elegant
crosssectional analysis of COVID19 case counts, response measures, and mortality rates …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 reveals highest severity and mortality of delta over other variants: evidence from Cameroon

J Fokam, RG Essomba, R Njouom, MCA Okomo… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
While the SARS-CoV-2 dynamic has been described globally, there is a lack of data from
Sub-Saharan Africa. We herein report the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 lineages from March …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking SARS-CoV-2 introductions in Mozambique using pandemic-scale phylogenies: a retrospective observational study

FJ Martínez-Martínez, AJ Massinga… - The Lancet Global …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background From the start of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, global sequencing efforts have
generated an unprecedented amount of genomic data. Nonetheless, unequal sampling …

[HTML][HTML] High throughput diagnostics and dynamic risk assessment of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

AM Gravagnuolo, L Faqih, C Cronshaw, J Wynn… - …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The rise of new SARS-CoV-2 variants worldwide requires global molecular
surveillance strategies to support public health control. Early detection and evaluation of …