Unlocking the Potential of Genomic Data to Inform Typhoid Fever Control Policy: Supportive Resources for Genomic Data Generation, Analysis, and Visualization.

Carey, Megan E; Dyson, Zoe A; Argimón, Silvia; Cerdeira, Louise; Yeats, Corin; Aanensen, David; Mboowa, Gerald; Baker, Stephen; Tessema, Sofonias K; Smith, Anthony M; +2 more... Okeke, Iruka N; Holt, Kathryn E; (2023) Unlocking the Potential of Genomic Data to Inform Typhoid Fever Control Policy: Supportive Resources for Genomic Data Generation, Analysis, and Visualization. Open forum infectious diseases, 10 (Suppl ). S38-S46. ISSN 2328-8957 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad044

Abstract

The global response to the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic demonstrated the value of timely and open sharing of genomic data with standardized metadata to facilitate monitoring of the emergence and spread of new variants. Here, we make the case for the value of Salmonella Typhi (S. Typhi) genomic data and demonstrate the utility of freely available platforms and services that support the generation, analysis, and visualization of S. Typhi genomic data on the African continent and more broadly by introducing the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's Pathogen Genomics Initiative, SEQAFRICA, Typhi Pathogenwatch, TyphiNET, and the Global Typhoid Genomics Consortium.

Additional Information

Item Type	Article
Faculty and Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Department of Infection Biology
PubMed ID	37274533
Elements ID	204220
Official URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad044