Advanced Molecular Detection Clips Content (Published on 01/20/2022)
NEWS
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Why big data didn't deliver on its big promises to combat Covid-19
Palmer K. STAT, Jan 18, 2022. -
Former Google CEO invests in computing help for university scientists
Cho A. Science, Jan 18, 2022. -
How does Omicron spread so fast? A high viral load isn't the answer
Kozlov M. Nature, Jan 19, 2022. -
How We Can Spot the Next COVID-19 Variant Even Faster
Bright R. TIME, Jan 13, 2022. -
Omicron thwarts some of the world's most-used COVID vaccines
Dolgin E. Nature, Jan 13, 2022. -
Halting Progress and Happy Accidents: How mRNA Vaccines Were Made
Kolata G, Mueller B. New York Times, Jan 15, 2022. -
U.S. would seek global approach to updating Covid-19 vaccines, official says
Branswell H. STAT, Jan 18, 2022. -
Nano-sized vesicles with ACE2 receptor could prevent, treat infection from current and future strains of SARS-CoV-2
(news release) Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Phys.Org, Jan 20, 2022. -
Moderna aims to launch single Covid and flu booster jab within two years
Sweney M. Guardian, Jan 18, 2022. -
Virome holds back a vaccine
York A. Nat Rev Microbiol, Jan 12, 2022. -
Epstein-Barr virus and multiple sclerosis
Robinson WH, Steinman L. Science, Jan 13, 2022. -
23andMe Study Associates Gene Locus With COVID-19-Related Loss of Smell, Taste
GenomeWeb, Jan 18, 2022.
EVENTS / TRAINING / WEB RESOURCES
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Systematizing the One Health Approach in Preparedness and Response Efforts for Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Proceedings of a Workshop
NASEM, Jan 2022. -
Wastewater Epidemiology for the Bay Area
(website) UC Berkeley, updated Jan 14, 2022.
METHODS / TOOLS
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regentrans: a framework and R package for using genomics to study regional pathogen transmission.
Hoffman Sophie et al. Microbial genomics 2022 1 (1) -
Estimating the relative proportions of SARS-CoV-2 strains from wastewater samples
Pipes L, et al. medRxiv, Jan 13, 2022. -
Coronavirus GenBrowser for monitoring the transmission and evolution of SARS-CoV-2.
Yu Dalang et al. Briefings in bioinformatics 2022 1
EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS
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The emergence of two distinct SARS-CoV-2 Gamma related variants during the second wave of COVID-19 in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil and the rapid spread of P.1-like-II SARS-CoV-2 variant transmission and a regionalization in the Western region
Padilha DA, et al. medRxiv, Jan 14, 2022. -
Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa.
Viana Raquel et al. Nature 2022 1 -
A comprehensive evolutionary and epidemiological characterization of insertion and deletion mutations in SARS-CoV-2 genomes.
Liu Xue et al. Virus evolution 2022 1 (2) veab104 -
Identification of a novel SARS-CoV-2 P.1 sub-lineage in Brazil provides new insights about the mechanisms of emergence of variants of concern.
Gräf Tiago et al. Virus evolution 2022 1 (2) veab091 -
Purifying selection determines the short-term time dependency of evolutionary rates in SARS-CoV-2 and pH1N1 influenza.
Ghafari Mahan et al. Molecular biology and evolution 2022 1 -
Evolution of influenza A virus in intensive and free-range swine farms in Spain.
Encinas Paloma et al. Virus evolution 2022 1 (2) veab099
PATHOGENICITY / ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
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Comparative Genomics of Borderline Oxacillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Detected during a Pseudo-outbreak of Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Sawhney Sanjam S et al. mBio 2022 1 e0319621 -
The Evolutionary Trend and Genomic Features of an Emerging Lineage of Elizabethkingia anophelis Strains in Taiwan.
Lee Yu-Lin et al. Microbiology spectrum 2022 1 e0168221 -
Spread of hypervirulent multidrug-resistant ST147 Klebsiella pneumoniae in patients with severe COVID-19: an observational study from Italy, 2020-21.
Falcone Marco et al. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2022 1 -
Fine-Scale Reconstruction of the Evolution of FII-33 Multidrug Resistance Plasmids Enables High-Resolution Genomic Surveillance.
Hu Ya et al. mSystems 2022 1 e0083121 -
Neisseria gonorrhoeae FC428 Subclone, Vietnam, 2019-2020
Trinh TM, et al. Emerg Infect Dis, Jan 10, 2022. -
Changing Proportions of HIV-1 Subtypes and Transmitted Drug Resistance Among Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Individuals - China, 2015 and 2018.
Hao Jingjing et al. China CDC weekly 2022 1 (53) 1133-1138
DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS
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National-scale surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater
Amman F, et al. medRxiv, Jan 14, 2022. -
Rapid and Accurate Identification of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants Using Droplet Digital PCR (RT-ddPCR)
Mills MG, et al. medRxiv, Jan 12, 2022. -
Rapid detection and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant in a returning traveler.
Sexton Mary Elizabeth et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 1 -
Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the state of Delaware reveals tremendous genomic diversity.
Franke Karl R et al. PloS one 2022 1 (1) e0262573 -
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant Mu, Beta, Gamma, Lambda, Delta, Alpha, and Omicron in wastewater settled solids using mutation-specific assays is associated with regional detection of variants in clinical samples
Wolfe M, et al. medRxiv, Jan 18, 2022. -
Evaluation of a parasite-density based pooled targeted amplicon deep sequencing (TADS) method for molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance genes in Haiti.
Louha Swarnali et al. PloS one 2022 1 (1) e0262616
EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION
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Use of metagenomic microbial source tracking to investigate the source of a foodborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis.
Ahlinder J et al. Food and waterborne parasitology 2022 1 e00142 -
Insights into the Complexity of a Dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cluster Once Transmission Is Resumed.
Acosta Fermin et al. Microbiology spectrum 2022 1 e0138121 -
Healthcare worker associated outbreak of Panton-Valentine Leucocidin producing meticillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus in a large Neonatal Unit in London: successful targeted suppression therapy following failure of mass suppression therapy.
Hatcher James et al. The Journal of hospital infection 2022 1 -
COVID-19 Cluster Linked to Aerosol Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via Floor Drains.
Han Taewon et al. The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 1 -
Characterizing features of outbreak duration for novel SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Washburne AD, et al. medRxiv, Jan 14, 2022. -
Plasmodium falciparum genomic surveillance reveals spatial and temporal trends, association of genetic and physical distance, and household clustering.
Sy Mouhamad et al. Scientific reports 2022 1 (1) 938
ANTIMICROBIALS / VACCINES / INTERVENTIONS
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SER-109, an Oral Microbiome Therapy for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection.
Feuerstadt Paul et al. The New England journal of medicine 2022 1 (3) 220-229 -
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Life-Threatening Influenza Illness in US Children.
Olson Samantha M et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 1
HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
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The UGT2A1/UGT2A2 locus is associated with COVID-19-related loss of smell or taste
Shelton J, et al. Nat Genet. 2022 Jan 17. -
Multi-ancestry fine mapping implicates OAS1 splicing in risk of severe COVID-19.
Huffman Jennifer E et al. Nature genetics 2022 1 -
SARS-CoV-2 prolonged infection during advanced HIV disease evolves extensive immune escape
Cele S, et al. Cell Host Microbe, Jan 13, 2022.
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