Advanced Molecular Detection Clips Content (Published on 08/05/2021)
NEWS
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Unraveling the Mysterious Mutations That Make Delta the Most Transmissible COVID Virus Yet
Szabo L. Medscape, Jul 28, 2021. -
More Variants Are Coming. The U.S. Isn't Ready
Koons C. Bloomberg, Jul 24, 2021. -
The coronavirus is rife in common US deer
Mallapaty S. Nature, Aug 2, 2021. -
Those Virus Sequences That Were Suddenly Deleted? They're Back
Zimmer C. New York Times, Jul 30, 2021. -
Singapore-MIT Alliance Shows Benefits of Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 Variant Test
Johnson M. GenomeWeb, Jul 30, 2021. -
The overlooked superpower of mRNA vaccines
Wadman M. Science, Jul 30, 2021. -
Vaccination Alone Won't Counter Rise of Resistant Variants: Study
Lewis R. Medscape, Jul 30, 2021. -
No shortcuts to SARS-CoV-2 antivirals
Edwards A, Hartung IV. Science, Jul 30, 2021. -
Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped.
Heaven WD. MIT Tech Review, Jul 30, 2021.
EVENTS / TRAINING / WEB RESOURCES
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Protocols for SARS-CoV-2 detection from wastewater
protocols.io, accessed Aug 5, 2021.
CONCEPTS / COMMENTS
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An implementation science approach to evaluating pathogen whole genome sequencing in public health.
Ferdinand Angeline S et al. Genome medicine 2021 7 (1) 121
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Can Science Help Resolve the Controversy on the Origins of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?
Casadevall Arturo et al. mBio 2021 8 e0194821 -
Genomic surveillance to combat COVID-19: challenges and opportunities.
Robishaw Janet D et al. The Lancet. Microbe 2021 8
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Improving Pandemic Response: Employing Mathematical Modeling to Confront COVID-19.
Biggerstaff Matthew et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 8
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Understanding why superspreading drives the COVID-19 pandemic but not the H1N1 pandemic
Chen PZ, et al. Lancet Infect Dis, Aug 2, 2021. -
COVID-19, the first pandemic in the post-genomic era
van Dorp L, et al. Current Opinion in Virology. 2021;50:40-48.
METHODS / TOOLS
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COPLA, a taxonomic classifier of plasmids.
Redondo-Salvo Santiago et al. BMC bioinformatics 2021 8 (1) 390
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STRONG: metagenomics strain resolution on assembly graphs.
Quince Christopher et al. Genome biology 2021 7 (1) 214 -
Generalizable characteristics of false-positive bacterial variant calls.
Bush Stephen J et al. Microbial genomics 2021 8 (8)
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An alternative approach for bioanalytical assay optimization for wastewater-based epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2.
Boogaerts Tim et al. The Science of the total environment 2021 7 148043 -
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing: quality criteria and low frequency variants.
Jacot Damien et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2021 7 JCM0094421
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poreCov-An Easy to Use, Fast, and Robust Workflow for SARS-CoV-2 Genome Reconstruction via Nanopore Sequencing
Brandt C, et al. Front Genet, Jul 28, 2021. -
Prevalence of COVID-19 genomic variation in Africa: a living systematic review protocol.
Adjei George et al. JBI evidence synthesis 2021 8
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Chainchecker: An application to visualise and explore transmission chains for Ebola virus disease.
Gaythorpe Katy et al. PloS one 2021 2 (2) e0247002
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Skin Metagenomic Sequence Analysis of Early Candida auris Outbreaks in U.S. Nursing Homes.
Huang Xin et al. mSphere 2021 8 e0028721
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An open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 7,000 worldwide samples.
et al. Wellcome open research 2021 7 42
EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS
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Phylogeography and resistome of pneumococcal meningitis in West Africa before and after vaccine introduction.
Senghore Madikay et al. Microbial genomics 2021 7 (7)
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Whole-Genome Comparative Analysis Reveals Association Between Salmonella Genomic Variation and Egg Production Systems.
Sodagari Hamid Reza et al. Frontiers in veterinary science 2021 7 666767 -
SARS-CoV-2 variant evolution in the United States: High accumulation of viral mutations over time likely through serial Founder Events and mutational bursts.
Tasakis Rafail Nikolaos et al. PloS one 2021 7 (7) e0255169 -
Occupational and environmental exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in and around infected mink farms.
de Rooij Myrna M T et al. Occupational and environmental medicine 2021 8
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Characterization of the emerging B.1.621 variant of interest of SARS-CoV-2
Laiton-Donato K, et al. medRxiv, Aug 2, 2021. -
Molecular Phylogenesis and Spatiotemporal Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Southeast Asia
Zhu M, et al. Front Pub Health, Jul 30, 2021. -
SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Patients with Immunosuppression.
Corey Lawrence et al. The New England journal of medicine 2021 8 (6) 562-566 -
Rates of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and vaccination impact the fate of vaccine-resistant strains.
Rella Simon A et al. Scientific reports 2021 8 (1) 15729
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Emergence and spread of a B.1.1.28-derived P.6 lineage with Q675H and Q677H Spike mutations in Uruguay
Rego N, et al. medRxiv, Jul 31, 2021. -
Effects of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 introduction and the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on the epidemiological landscape of Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, Brazil
Banho CA, et al. medRxiv, Jul 31, 2021.
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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 divulge B.1, B.1.36, and B.1.1.7 as the most dominant lineages in first, second, and third wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Pakistan
Basheer A, Zahoor I. medRxiv, Jul 30, 2021. -
Molecular typing of human adenoviruses among hospitalized patients with respiratory tract infections in a tertiary Hospital in Guangzhou, China between 2017 and 2019.
Wang Xinye et al. BMC infectious diseases 2021 8 (1) 748
PATHOGENICITY / ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
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Using a public database of Neisseria gonorrhoeae genomes to detect mutations associated with zoliflodacin resistance.
Adamson Paul C et al. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2021 7 -
The genomic epidemiology of multi-drug resistant invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella in selected sub-Saharan African countries.
Park Se Eun et al. BMJ global health 2021 8 (8)
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Analysis of Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Gene Carriage in Staphylococcus aureus Infections in Equids Using Whole-Genome Sequencing.
Little Sara V et al. mSphere 2021 8 e0019620 -
Progressive Increase in Virulence of Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Ontario, Canada
Fisman D, Tuite A. medRxiv, Aug 4, 2021. -
SARS-CoV-2 Lambda variant exhibits higher infectivity and immune resistance
Kimura I, et al. bioRxiv, Jul 28, 2021.
DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS
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Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing in the National Molecular Tracing Network for Foodborne Disease Surveillance in China.
Li Weiwei et al. Foodborne pathogens and disease 2021 8
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Identification of Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae and other mitis group streptococci using matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization - time of flight mass spectrometry.
Jensen Christian Salgård et al. Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2021 8 (3) 115487 -
Genomic Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Nontyphoidal Salmonella in Young Children Hospitalized for Gastroenteritis.
Woh Pei Yee et al. Microbiology spectrum 2021 8 e0024821 -
Monitoring COVID-19 spread in Prague local neighborhoods based on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater collected throughout the sewer network
Zdenkova K, et al. medRxiv, Jul 31, 2021. -
The Dual/Global Value of SARS-CoV-2 Genome Surveillance on Migrants Arriving to Europe via the Mediterranean Routes.
Marotta Claudia et al. Annals of global health 2021 7 (1) 71
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Rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 with CRISPR-Cas12a.
Xiong Dan et al. PLoS biology 2020 12 (12) e3000978 -
Quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Alpha Variant B.1.1.7 Tracking in Wastewater by Allele-Specific RT-qPCR
Lee WL, et al. Environ Sci Technol Lett, Jul 18, 2021. -
Rabies virus in slaughtered dogs for meat consumption in Ghana: A potential risk for rabies transmission.
Tasiame William et al. Transboundary and emerging diseases 2021 8 -
Application of shotgun metagenomics sequencing and targeted sequence capture to detect circulating porcine viruses in the Dutch-German border region.
Schuele Leonard et al. Transboundary and emerging diseases 2021 8 -
First Case Report of an Unusual Fungus (Sporopachydermia lactativora) Associated with a Pulmonary Infection in a Drug Injection User.
Al Dallal Hiba A et al. Clinical pathology (Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, Calif.) 2021 8 2632010X211029970
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Smartphone-based DNA diagnostics for malaria detection using deep learning for local decision support and blockchain technology for security
Guo X, et al. Nat Electronics, Aug 2, 2021.
EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION
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Genomic Characterization of Strains From a Cluster of Infant Botulism Type A in a Small Town in Colorado, United States.
Gladney Lori et al. Frontiers in microbiology 2021 7 688240
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Human-to-Cattle Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Transmission in the United States.
Lombard Jason E et al. Frontiers in veterinary science 2021 7 691192
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A Legionnaires' Disease Cluster in a Private Building in Italy.
Ricci Maria Luisa et al. International journal of environmental research and public health 2021 7 (13)
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Genetic source tracking of human plague cases in Inner Mongolia-Beijing, 2019.
Li Jianyun et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2021 8 (8) e0009558 -
Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings - Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021.
Brown Catherine M et al. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2021 8 (31) 1059-1062
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Overlapping of Independent SARS-CoV-2 Nosocomial Transmissions in a Complex Outbreak.
Pérez-Lago Laura et al. mSphere 2021 8 e0038921
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Vaccine breakthrough infection and onward transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Beta (B.1.351) variant, Bavaria, Germany, February to March 2021.
Kroidl Inge et al. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2021 7 (30) -
Epidemiological data and genome sequencing reveals that nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is underestimated and mostly mediated by a small number of highly infectious individuals.
Lumley Sheila F et al. The Journal of infection 2021 8 -
Genomic epidemiology and transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in congregate healthcare facilities in Santa Clara County, California.
MacCannell Tara et al. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 7
ANTIMICROBIALS / VACCINES / INTERVENTIONS
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Estimates of Single Dose and Full Dose BNT162b2 Vaccine Effectiveness among USAF Academy cadets, 1 Mar - 1 May 2021
Wickert DP, et al. medRxiv, Jul 31, 2021.
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Impact of B.1.351 (beta) SARS-CoV-2 variant on BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine effectiveness in long-term care facilities of eastern France: a retrospective cohort study
LeFevre B, et al. medRxiv, Jul 31, 2021.
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Assessment of genetic changes and neurovirulence of shed Sabin and novel type 2 oral polio vaccine viruses.
Wahid Rahnuma et al. NPJ vaccines 2021 7 (1) 94
HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
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Ancient DNA Study in Medieval Europeans Shows an Association Between HLA-DRB1*03 and Paratyphoid Fever.
Haller Magdalena et al. Frontiers in immunology 2021 8 691475 -
The trans-omics landscape of COVID-19.
Wu Peng et al. Nature communications 2021 7 (1) 4543 -
Cross-reactive antibodies against human coronaviruses and the animal coronavirome suggest diagnostics for future zoonotic spillovers.
Klompus Shelley et al. Science immunology 2021 7 (61) -
Integrative genomic analyses identify susceptibility genes underlying COVID-19 hospitalization.
Pathak Gita A et al. Nature communications 2021 7 (1) 4569 -
Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling of the Human Microbiome in the Era of Personalized Medicine.
Heinken Almut et al. Annual review of microbiology 2021 7
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