09/19/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: European Union, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Published: 9/18/2018. The results of the survey presented in this 31-page report showed that by mid-2017, the vast majority of national public health reference laboratories in European Union/European Economic Area countries had access to whole genome sequencing-based typing of diverse microbial pathogens for investigations of infection and antibiotic drug resistance transmission. Whole genome sequencing (WGS), coupled with epidemiological and environmental investigations, delivers ultimate resolution for detecting and analyzing transmission routes and tracing sources of epidemic infections, as well as assessing microbial virulence and antimicrobial drug resistance determinants. (PDF)
09/19/2018 12:00 AM EDT
Source: White House. Published: 9/2018. This 36-page document brings together, and puts in place for the first time, a single coordinated effort to orchestrate the full range of activity that is carried out across the U.S. Government to protect the American people from biological threats. It explains how the U.S. Government will manage its activities more effectively to assess, prevent, detect, prepare for, respond to, and recover from biological threats, coordinating its biodefense efforts with those of international partners, industry, academia, non-governmental entities, and the private sector. (PDF)
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