Advanced Molecular Detection Clips Content (Published on 03/25/2021)
NEWS
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The Next Trick: Pulling Coronavirus Out of Thin Air
Anthes E. New York Times, Mar 24, 2021. -
The Coronavirus Variants Don't Seem to Be Highly Variable So Far
Cooper V. Scientific American, Mar 24, 2021. -
DARPA Programs Leveraging Host-Response Testing, CRISPR for Future Pandemic Preparedness
O'Connor L. GenomeWeb, Mar 24, 2021. -
COVID-19 Vaccines vs Variants: Determining How Much Immunity Is Enough
Rubin R. JAMA, Mar 17, 2021. -
Five reasons why COVID herd immunity is probably impossible
Aschwanden C. Nature, Mar 18, 2021. -
Rare COVID reactions might hold key to variant-proof vaccines
Callaway E. Nature, Mar 19, 2021. -
Pandemic whistle-blower: we need a non-political way to track viruses
Maxmen A. Nature, Mar 19, 2021.
EVENTS / TRAINING / WEB RESOURCES
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Application of a bioinformatics training delivery method for reaching dispersed and distant trainees.
Hall Christina R et al. PLoS computational biology 2021 3 (3) e1008715
CONCEPTS / COMMENTS
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Is "bioinformatics" dead?
Bourne Philip E et al. PLoS biology 2021 3 (3) e3001165 -
Nowcasting epidemics of novel pathogens: lessons from COVID-19.
Wu Joseph T et al. Nature medicine 2021 3 (3) 388-395 -
The emerging plasticity of SARS-CoV-2
McCormick KD, et al. Science, Mar 26, 2021. -
Leveraging risk communication science across US federal agencies.
Klein William M P et al. Nature human behaviour 2021 3
METHODS / TOOLS
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Ten simple rules for quick and dirty scientific programming.
Balaban Gabriel et al. PLoS computational biology 2021 3 (3) e1008549 -
Development of Phylodynamic Methods for Bacterial Pathogens.
Ingle Danielle J et al. Trends in microbiology 2021 3 -
LegionellaDB - A Database on Legionella Outbreaks.
Gonçalves Inês G et al. Trends in microbiology 2021 2
EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS
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Apparent nosocomial adaptation of Enterococcus faecalis predates the modern hospital era.
Pöntinen Anna K et al. Nature communications 2021 3 (1) 1523 -
Human-pathogenic relapsing fever Borrelia found in bats from Central China phylogenetically clustered together with relapsing fever borreliae reported in the New World.
Li Ze-Min et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021 3 (3) e0009113 -
Genomic Surveillance of a Globally Circulating Distinct Group W Clonal Complex 11 Meningococcal Variant, New Zealand, 2013-2018.
Yang Zuyu et al. Emerging infectious diseases 2021 3 (4) 1087-1097 -
Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 reveals the detection of G614 variant in Pakistan.
Umair Massab et al. PloS one 2021 3 (3) e0248371 -
Sequence Analysis of 20,453 SARS-CoV-2 Genomes from the Houston Metropolitan Area Identifies the Emergence and Widespread Distribution of Multiple Isolates of All Major Variants of Concern.
Long S Wesley et al. The American journal of pathology 2021 3 -
Emergence of the E484K Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.220 in Upstate New York
Lesho E, et al. medRxiv, Mar 23, 2021. -
Epidemiology of Chikungunya virus isolates 2016-2018 in Pakistan.
Badar Nazish et al. Journal of medical virology 2021 3
PATHOGENICITY / ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
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Genome analyses of 174 strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis provide insight into the evolution of drug resistance and reveal potential drug targets
Verma Helianthous et al. Microbial genomics 2021 3 -
Characterisation of B.1.1.7 and Pangolin coronavirus spike provides insights on the evolutionary trajectory of SARS-CoV-2
Dicken SJ, et al. bioRxiv, Mar 22, 2021. -
Non-optimal codon usage preferences of coronaviruses determine their promiscuity for infecting multiple hosts.
Carmi Gon et al. The FEBS journal 2021 3 -
Pathogenicity and Virulence of Ebolaviruses with Species- and Variant-specificity.
Yamaoka Satoko et al. Virulence 2021 3 (1) 885-901 -
Increased acquired protease inhibitor drug resistance mutations in minor HIV-1 quasispecies from infected patients suspected of failing on national second-line therapy in South Africa.
Obasa Adetayo Emmanuel et al. BMC infectious diseases 2021 2 (1) 214 -
Viral determinants that drive Enterovirus-A71 fitness and virulence.
Pei Yi Ang et al. Emerging microbes & infections 2021 3 1-30
DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS
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Cost of whole genome sequencing for non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica.
Ford Laura et al. PloS one 2021 3 (3) e0248561 -
PCR assay to enhance global surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Vogel CB, et al. medRxiv, Mar 12, 2021. -
Increased SARS-CoV-2 Testing Capacity with Pooled Saliva Samples.
Watkins Anne E et al. Emerging infectious diseases 2021 3 (4) -
A straightforward molecular strategy to retrospectively investigate the spread of SARS-CoV-2 VOC202012/01 B.1.1.7 variant.
Ibba Gabriele et al. Journal of infection in developing countries 2021 3 (2) 242-246 -
Rapid identification and tracking of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
Chakraborty D, et al. Lancet, Mar 22, 2021. -
Spatial technologies to strengthen traditional testing for SARS-CoV-2
Yang S, et al. Trends Microbiol, Mar 14, 2021. -
Metagenomic sequencing of municipal wastewater provides a near-complete SARS-CoV-2 genome sequence identified as the B.1.1.7 variant of concern from a Canadian municipality concurrent with an outbreak
Landgraff C, et al. medRxiv, Mar 17, 2021. -
Detection of Human Sapoviruses in Sewage in China by Next Generation Sequencing.
Song Ke et al. Food and environmental virology 2021 3 -
Sensitive and Prolonged Detection of Dengue Virus RNA in Whole Blood.
Waggoner Jesse J et al. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2021 3 -
Geographic distribution and genetic characterization of poxviruses from human infections in Georgia, 2009-2014.
Khmaladze Ekaterine et al. Archives of virology 2021 3 -
Nucleic acid visualization assay for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) by targeting the UpE and N gene.
Huang Pei et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021 3 (3) e0009227 -
Analysis of false-negative rapid diagnostic tests for symptomatic malaria in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Parr Jonathan B et al. Scientific reports 2021 3 (1) 6495
EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION
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Molecular and epidemiologic characterization of the diphtheria outbreak in Venezuela.
Strauss Ricardo A et al. Scientific reports 2021 3 (1) 6378 -
Community transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is associated with activity space overlap in Lima, Peru.
Bui David P et al. BMC infectious diseases 2021 3 (1) 275 -
Investigation of One Familial Cluster of COVID-19 in Taiwan: Differentiation of Genetic Variation Among Isolates and Implications for Epidemiological Investigation and Surveillance by Genomic Assay.
Jian Ming-Jr et al. Infection and drug resistance 2021 3 971-977 -
Genomic epidemiology of a densely sampled COVID-19 outbreak in China.
Geidelberg Lily et al. Virus evolution 2021 3 (1) veaa102 -
SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a tri-national urban area is dominated by a B.1 lineage variant linked to a mass gathering event.
Stange Madlen et al. PLoS pathogens 2021 3 (3) e1009374 -
Transmission of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 during Border Quarantine and Air Travel, New Zealand (Aotearoa).
Eichler Nick et al. Emerging infectious diseases 2021 3 (5) -
Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
Du Z, et al. Emerg Infect Dis, Mar 24, 2021. -
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Among Operating Room Staff of a Tertiary Referral Center: An Epidemiologic and Environmental Investigation.
McDougal April N et al. Infection control and hospital epidemiology 2021 3 1-27 -
Estimating the increased transmissibility of the B.1.1.7 strain over previously circulating strains in England using fractions of GISAID sequences and the distribution of serial intervals
Piantham C, Ito K. medRxiv, Mar 17, 2021. -
Combining viral genetic and animal mobility network data to unravel peste des petits ruminants transmission dynamics in West Africa.
Bataille Arnaud et al. PLoS pathogens 2021 3 (3) e1009397
ANTIMICROBIALS / VACCINES / INTERVENTIONS
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A Proteome-Wide Immunoinformatics Tool to Accelerate T-Cell Epitope Discovery and Vaccine Design in the Context of Emerging Infectious Diseases: An Ethnicity-Oriented Approach.
Oyarzun Patricio et al. Frontiers in immunology 2021 3 598778
HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
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Interferon system deficiencies exacerbating severe pandemic virus infections.
Stertz Silke et al. Trends in microbiology 2021 3 -
Association of Toll-like receptor 7 variants with life-threatening COVID-19 disease in males: findings from a nested case-control study
Fallerini C, et al. Elife. 2021 Mar 2;10:e67569. -
Common variants at 21q22.3 locus influence MX1 and TMPRSS2 gene expression and susceptibility to severe COVID-19
Andolfo Immacolata et al. iScience 2021 3 102322 -
CXCL17 Is a Specific Diagnostic Biomarker for Severe Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) That Predicts Poor Clinical Outcome.
Choreño-Parra Jose Alberto et al. Frontiers in immunology 2021 3 633297 -
Maternal gut microbiota reflecting poor diet quality is associated with spontaneous preterm birth in a prospective cohort study.
Gershuni Victoria et al. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2021 1 (3) 602-611 -
Long-term dietary intake from infancy to late adolescence is associated with gut microbiota composition in young adulthood.
Oluwagbemigun Kolade et al. The American journal of clinical nutrition 2021 1 (3) 647-656 -
The microbiome and human cancer
Sepich-Poore GD, et al. Science, Mar 26, 2021.
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