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Update Date: May 9, 2024

NEWS

Take-aways from strong new OSTP policy on DURC and Pathogens with Pandemic Potential
(blog post) Inglesby T. Linkedin, May 7, 2024.

BARDA announces first next-generation countermeasure accelerator hubs
Schnirring L. CIDRAP, May 7, 2024.

New vaccine could protect against coronaviruses which have yet to emerge
Thomas R. The Independent, May 7, 2024.

US funders to tighten oversight of controversial ‘gain-of-function’ research
Kozlov M. Nature, May 7, 2024.

It shouldn’t be easy to buy synthetic DNA fragments to recreate the 1918 flu virus
Esvelt KM. STAT, May 8, 2024.

ESCMID Global Panelists Underscore Role of Rapid Dx Testing in Antimicrobial Resistance Battle
Butkus B. 360dx, Apr 29, 2024.

With H5N1 avian flu silently spreading in US cattle, wastewater testing could be key
Van Beusekom M. CIDRAP, May 7, 2024.

As livestock move around the country, so does H5N1. The U.S. needs real-time tracking of livestock movements
Bansal S, Webb C. STAT, May 7, 2024.

Bird flu keeps rewriting the textbooks. It’s why scientists are unsettled by the U.S. dairy cattle outbreak
Branswell H. STAT, May 9, 2024.

Bird flu in US cows: where will it end?
Reardon S. Nature, May 8, 2024.



CONCEPTS / COMMENTS

At-Home Diagnostics Solutions for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
Ellen N Kersh et al. JAMA 2024 4 Brand

Anticipating a MERS-like coronavirus as a potential pandemic threat.
Alimuddin Zumla et al. Lancet 2024 4 (10438) 1729-1731



EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS

Longitudinal analysis within one hospital in sub-Saharan Africa over 20 years reveals repeated replacements of dominant clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae and stresses the importance to include temporal patterns for vaccine design considerations.
Eva Heinz et al. Genome Med 2024 5 (1) 67

An updated framework for SARS-CoV-2 variants reflects the unpredictability of viral evolution.
Lorenzo Subissi et al. Nat Med 2024 5

Sosuga Virus Detected in Egyptian Rousette Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) in Sierra Leone.
Brian R Amman et al. Viruses 2024 4 (4) Brand

Persistent and multiclonal malaria parasite dynamics despite extended artemether-lumefantrine treatment in children.
Justin Goodwin et al. Nat Commun 2024 5 (1) 3817 Brand

Genomic Analysis of Aedes aegypti in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert of Texas and Mexico.
Adam J Vera et al. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 2024 5



DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS

Validation of a clinical assay for botulinum neurotoxins through mass spectrometric detection.
Kaitlin M Hoyt et al. J Clin Microbiol 2024 4 e0162923 Brand

SARS-CoV-2 Viral Shedding and Rapid Antigen Test Performance - Respiratory Virus Transmission Network, November 2022-May 2023.
Sarah E Smith-Jeffcoat et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024 4 (16) 365-371 Brand Brand

Prevalence, patterns, and predictors of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and culturable virus in tears of case-ascertained household cohort.
Matthew So et al. Am J Ophthalmol 2024 4 Brand

Wastewater tiling amplicon sequencing in sentinel sites reveals longitudinal dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants prevalence.
Yu Wang et al. Water Res X 2024 5 100224 Brand

Detection of a Human Adenovirus Outbreak, Including Some Critical Infections, Using Multipathogen Testing at a Large University, September 2022-January 2023.
JoLynn P Montgomery et al. Open Forum Infect Dis 2024 4 (5) ofae192 Brand Brand

Health Department: Michigan

Biomarkers in Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Infection.
Jungreem Woo et al. Pathogens 2024 4 (4) Brand

Epidemiology and Clinical impact of single and multi-viral respiratory infections in post-pandemic era.
Maria Vittoria Mauro et al. New Microbiol 2024 5 (1) 28-32 Brand

Seasonal antigenic prediction of influenza A H3N2 using machine learning.
Syed Awais W Shah et al. Nat Commun 2024 5 (1) 3833

Seasonality of respiratory, enteric, and urinary viruses revealed by wastewater genomic surveillance.
Matthew F Smith et al. mSphere 2024 5 e0010524 Brand

A rapid and sensitive one-pot platform integrating fluorogenic RNA aptamers and CRISPR-Cas13a for visual detection of monkeypox virus.
Xiao Wang et al. Biosens Bioelectron 2024 4 116268

Multi-center evaluation of the Research Use Only NeuMoDx monkeypox virus (MPXV) fully automated real-time PCR assay.
Heba H Mostafa et al. J Clin Microbiol 2024 4 (5) e0002824

Rapid Diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia and Respiratory Tract Colonization by Next-Generation Sequencing.
Fanfan Xing et al. Mycopathologia 2024 5 (3) 38 Brand


EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION

Multistate outbreaks of salmonellosis linked to contact with backyard poultry-United States, 2015-2022.
G Sean Stapleton et al. Zoonoses Public Health 2024 4 Brand Brand

Early identification of a ward-based outbreak of Clostridioides difficile using prospective multilocus sequence type-based Oxford Nanopore genomic surveillance.
Max Bloomfield et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2024 5 1-7 Brand

Rapid detection of the source of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak in Switzerland through routine interviewing of patients and whole-genome sequencing.
Cornelia Speich et al. Swiss Med Wkly 2024 5 3745 Brand

COVID-19 outbreak and genomic investigation in an inpatient behavioral health unit.
Estefany Rios-Guzman et al. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol 2024 5 (1) e62 Brand

HIV-1 transmission dynamics among people who inject drugs on the US/Mexico border during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prosepective cohort study.
Britt Skaathun et al. Lancet Reg Health Am 2024 5 100751

Travel surveillance uncovers dengue virus dynamics and introductions in the Caribbean.
Emma Taylor-Salmon et al. Nat Commun 2024 4 (1) 3508 Brand

Investigation of Presumptive HIV Transmission Associated with Receipt of Platelet-Rich Plasma Microneedling Facials at a Spa Among Former Spa Clients - New Mexico, 2018-2023.
Anna M Stadelman-Behar et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2024 4 (16) 372-376 Brand Brand

Health Department: New Mexico

Genetic Tracking of a Rabid Coyote (Canis latrans) Detected beyond a Rabies Enzootic Area in West Virginia, US.
Matthew W Hopken et al. J Wildl Dis 2024 4 Brand Brand

Health Department: Pennsylvania

Sporotrichosis Cluster in Domestic Cats and Veterinary Technician, Kansas, USA, 2022.
Ian Hennessee et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2024 4 (5) 1053-1055 Brand Brand

Health Department: Kansas | Nebraska



HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Oral microbiome dysbiosis among cigarette smokers and smokeless tobacco users compared to non-users.
Suhana Chattopadhyay et al. Sci Rep 2024 5 (1) 10394


Note: Brand indicates that at least one CDC-affiliated author; Brand indicates that the article addresses aspects of implementation or evaluation in clinical or public health practice.

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Clips are selected from a variety of sources, including PubMed, journal tables of contents, and online media. Special emphasis is given to the use of next-generation genetic sequencing in infectious disease public health surveillance, investigation, and development of new diagnostics and interventions. The collection is not comprehensive but aims to capture highlights, while surveying a wide range of topics.

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  • Brand indicates that at least one CDC-affiliated author.
  • Brand indicates that the article addresses aspects of implementation or evaluation in clinical or public health practice.
  • Health Department: identifies articles having authors affiliated with U.S. public health departments, either at the indicated state or its sub-jurisdictions (city, county); health departments in U.S. territories are labeled Other.

Disclaimer: Articles listed in the Public Health Knowledge Base are selected by the CDC Office of Public Health Genomics to provide current awareness of the literature and news. Inclusion in the update does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention nor does it imply endorsement of the article's methods or findings. CDC and DHHS assume no responsibility for the factual accuracy of the items presented. The selection, omission, or content of items does not imply any endorsement or other position taken by CDC or DHHS. Opinion, findings and conclusions expressed by the original authors of items included in the update, or persons quoted therein, are strictly their own and are in no way meant to represent the opinion or views of CDC or DHHS. References to publications, news sources, and non-CDC Websites are provided solely for informational purposes and do not imply endorsement by CDC or DHHS.

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