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Publication Date: Sep 18, 2019

Advanced Molecular Detection Clips Content

• News
• Concepts / Comments
• Methods / Tools
• Evolution / Ecology / Populations
• Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance
• Detection / Diagnosis
• Epidemiology / Outbreaks / Transmission
• Antimicrobials / Vaccines / Interventions
• Host-Microbe Interactions

NEWS

• New Strep A Strain Linked to Scarlet Fever Surge in U.K.
  Boyles S. MedPage Today, Sep 11, 2019.
• MRSA Susceptibility Study Uncovers Protective Variant in Methyltransferase
  GenomeWeb, Sept 16, 2019.
• Unreported Zika Outbreak in Cuba Uncovered With Genomics, Travel Surveillance
  GenomeWeb, Aug 22, 2019.
• Researchers Discover New Family of Viruses
  Offord C. The Scientist, Sep 1, 2019.
• Scientists use gene-edited stem cells to treat HIV--with mixed success
  Lambert J. Nature, Sep 11, 2019.
• Gut Microbes Boost Flu Vaccine's Success: Clinical Trial
  Olena A. The Scientist, Sep 5, 2019.
• Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Are Breeding in Brazil, Despite Biotech Firm's Assurances to the Contrary
  Dvorsky G. Gizmodo, Sep 15, 2019.

CONCEPTS / COMMENTS

• Bacterial Persisters and Infection: Past, Present, and Progressing.
  Gollan Bridget et al. Annual review of microbiology 2019 Sep 359-385
• The evolution of antibiotic resistance
  MacLean RC, San Millan A. Science, Sep 13, 2019.
• The cat is out of the bag: How parasites know their hosts.
  English Elizabeth D et al. PLoS biology 2019 Sep (9) e3000446
• Rock-paper-scissors: Engineered population dynamics increase genetic stability.
  Liao Michael J et al. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2019 09 (6457) 1045-1049
• Engineering microbial peer pressure.
  Johnston Chad W et al. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2019 09 (6457) 986-987
• Modified CRISPR cuts and splices whole genomes.
  Service Robert F et al. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2019 08 (6456) 849
• Ten simple rules for helping newcomers become contributors to open projects.
  Sholler Dan et al. PLoS computational biology 2019 Sep (9) e1007296

METHODS / TOOLS

• Evaluation of Rapid Library Preparation Protocols for Whole Genome Sequencing Based Outbreak Investigation.
  Seth-Smith Helena M B et al. Frontiers in public health 2019 241
• A New Solid Matrix for Preservation of Viral Nucleic Acid from Clinical Specimens at Ambient Temperature.
  Cromeans Theresa et al. Journal of virological methods 2019 Sep 113732 
• Comparison of long-read sequencing technologies in the hybrid assembly of complex bacterial genomes.
  De Maio Nicola et al. Microbial genomics 2019 09 
• Is reliance on an inaccurate genome sequence sabotaging your experiments?
  Baptista Rodrigo P et al. PLoS pathogens 2019 Sep (9) e1007901 
• ZIKAVID-Zika virus infection database: a new platform to analyze the molecular impact of Zika virus infection.
  Rosa Rafael L et al. Journal of neurovirology 2019 Sep
• Introducing SPeDE: High-Throughput Dereplication and Accurate Determination of Microbial Diversity from Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Data.
  Dumolin Charles et al. mSystems 2019 Sep (5)
• OutbreakFinder: a visualization tool for rapid detection of bacterial strain clusters based on optimized multidimensional scaling.
  Tsai Ming-Hsin et al. PeerJ 2019 e7600
• Evaluation of parameters affecting performance and reliability of machine learning-based antibiotic susceptibility testing from whole genome sequencing data.
  Hicks Allison L et al. PLoS computational biology 2019 Sep (9) e1007349
• Consistent and correctable bias in metagenomic sequencing experiments.
  McLaren Michael R et al. eLife 2019 Sep
• CCMP: software-as-a-service approach for fully-automated microbiome profiling.
  Park Sung Yong et al. Journal of biomedical informatics: X 2019 Jun
• Baseline human gut microbiota profile in healthy people and standard reporting template.
  King Charles H et al. PloS one 2019 (9) e0206484

EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS

• Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, is rare but ecologically established and widely dispersed in the environment in Puerto Rico.
  Hall Carina M et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007727 
• Multiple introductions of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST612 into Western Australia associated with both human and equine reservoirs.
  Murphy Riley Jt et al. International journal of antimicrobial agents 2019 Aug
• The molecular clock of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
  Menardo Fabrizio et al. PLoS pathogens 2019 Sep (9) e1008067
• Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Uruguay: Coxsackievirus A6 Identified as Causative of an Outbreak in a Rural Childcare Center.
  Lizasoain A et al. Journal of medical virology 2019 Sep
• Updated classification of norovirus genogroups and genotypes.
  Chhabra Preeti et al. The Journal of general virology 2019 Sep  
• Outbreak of diarrhoea in piglets caused by novel rotavirus genotype G4P[49] in north-western district of Bangladesh, February 2014.
  Sarkar Shamim et al. Transboundary and emerging diseases 2019 Aug  
• Origins of the arctic fox variant rabies viruses responsible for recent cases of the disease in southern Ontario.
  Nadin-Davis Susan A et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007699 
• Molecular typing of Cryptosporidium in Israel.
  Grossman Tamar et al. PloS one 2019 (9) e0219977 
• A global genotyping survey of Strongyloides stercoralis and Strongyloides fuelleborni using deep amplicon sequencing.
  Barratt Joel L N et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007609 

PATHOGENICITY / ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

• Emergence of dominant toxigenic M1T1 Streptococcus pyogenes clone during increased scarlet fever activity in England: a population-based molecular epidemiological study.
  Lynskey Nicola N et al. The Lancet. Infectious diseases 2019 Sep
• Contrasting patterns of longitudinal population dynamics and antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in two priority bacterial pathogens over 7 years in a single center.
  Ellington Matthew J et al. Genome biology 2019 09 (1) 184
• Evolution of Outbreak-Causing Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 at a Tertiary Care Hospital over 8 Years.
  Marsh Jane W et al. mBio 2019 Sep (5)
• "The recent emergence of a highly related virulent Clostridium difficile clade with unique characteristics".
  Shaw Helen Alexandra et al. Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 2019 Sep
• Dramatic rise in the proportion of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae among clinical isolates identified in Canadian hospital laboratories from 2007 to 2016.
  Denisuik Andrew J et al. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2019 Aug (Supplement_4) iv64-iv71
• Pasteurella multocida: Genotypes and Genomics.
  Peng Zhong et al. Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR 2019 Nov (4)
• Influence of agricultural antibiotic use on chicken meat-associated enterococci and their connection to the clinic.
  Manson Abigail L et al. Applied and environmental microbiology 2019 Aug
• Colistin resistance emerges in pandrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae epidemic clones in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  Longo Luís G A et al. International journal of antimicrobial agents 2019 Aug
• Redondoviridae, a Family of Small, Circular DNA Viruses of the Human Oro-Respiratory Tract Associated with Periodontitis and Critical Illness.
  Abbas Arwa A et al. Cell host & microbe 2019 08 (2) 297
• Understanding Enterovirus D68-Induced Neurologic Disease: A Basic Science Review.
  Hixon Alison M et al. Viruses 2019 Sep (9)
• A unique multidrug-resistant clonal Trichophyton population distinct from Trichophytonmentagrophytes / Trichophytoninterdigitale complex causing an ongoing alarming dermatophytosis outbreak in India: genomic insights and resistance profile.
  Singh Ashutosh et al. Fungal genetics and biology : FG & B 2019 Sep 103266
• Epidemiological distribution of genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in humans in Spain.
  Wang Yuanfei et al. Parasites & vectors 2019 Sep (1) 432

DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS

• Pilot evaluation of a fully automated bioinformatics system for the analysis of MRSA genomes and detection of outbreaks.
  Brown Nicholas M et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2019 Aug
• Informal genomic surveillance of regional distribution of Salmonella Typhi genotypes and antimicrobial resistance via returning travellers.
  Ingle Danielle J et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007620
• Quality assurance for genotyping and resistance testing of Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile isolates - experiences from the first inter-laboratory ring trial in four German speaking countries.
  Berger Fabian K et al. Anaerobe 2019 Sep 102093 
• Molecular imaging of bacterial infections: Overcoming the barriers to clinical translation.
  Ordonez Alvaro A et al. Science translational medicine 2019 Sep (508)
• A multilocus sequence typing scheme for Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MAB-multilocus sequence typing) using whole-genome sequencing data.
  Wuzinski Michelle et al. International journal of mycobacteriology (3) 273-280
• Comparing QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus with other tests to diagnose Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.
  Venkatappa Thara K et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2019 Aug 
• A Deep-Sequencing Workflow for the Fast and Efficient Generation of High-Quality African Swine Fever Virus Whole-Genome Sequences.
  Forth Jan H et al. Viruses 2019 Sep (9)
• Development and validation of a pen side test for Rift Valley fever.
  Cêtre-Sossah Catherine et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007700
• The detection of Coccidioides from ambient air in Phoenix, Arizona: Evidence of uneven distribution and seasonality.
  Gade Lalitha et al. Medical mycology 2019 Sep 
• Real-time PCR for diagnosis of imported schistosomiasis.
  Guegan Hélène et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007711
• A novel MALDI-TOF MS-based method for blood meal identification in insect vectors: A proof of concept study on phlebotomine sand flies.
  Hlavackova Kristyna et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007669

EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION

• An investigation of Salmonella Fluntern illnesses linked to leopard geckos-United States, 2018.
  Koski Lia et al. Zoonoses and public health 2019 Sep  
• Multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections associated with imported cucumbers, 2015-2016.
  Laughlin M et al. Epidemiology and infection 2019 Sep e270  
• Comparative Genomic Analysis of the 2016 Vibrio cholerae Outbreak in South Korea.
  Ha Sung-Min et al. Frontiers in public health 2019 228 
• Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii using WGS revealed missed transmission events in Germany from 2012-15.
  Eigenbrod Tatjana et al. The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy 2019 Aug 
• Whole Genome Sequencing for Surveillance of Diphtheria in Low Incidence Settings.
  Seth-Smith Helena M B et al. Frontiers in public health 2019 235
• Population structure and transmission modes of indigenous typhoid in Taiwan.
  Wang Kai-Yu et al. BMC medical genomics 2019 09 (1) 126
• Salmonellosis outbreak with novel Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serotype (11:z41:e,n,z15) attributable to sesame products in five European countries, 2016 to 2017.
  Meinen Anika et al. Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin 2019 Sep (36) 
• MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA INFECTIONS AFTER CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY: LESSONS FROM A GLOBAL OUTBREAK.
  Diekema Daniel J et al. Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological Association 2019 136-144 
• Evaluating the use of whole genome sequencing for the investigation of a large mumps outbreak in Ontario, Canada.
  Stapleton P J et al. Scientific reports 2019 Aug (1) 12615
• Bridging of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages across sexual networks in the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis era.
  Williamson Deborah A et al. Nature communications 2019 Sep (1) 3988
• The use of genome sequencing to investigate an outbreak of hospital-acquired mucormycosis in transplant patients.
  Marek Caitlyn et al. Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society 2019 Aug e13163 

ANTIMICROBIALS / VACCINES / INTERVENTIONS

• Altering Antibiotic Regimen as Additional Control Measure in Suspected Multi-Drug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
  Eichel Vanessa et al. The Journal of hospital infection 2019 Sep 
• Genetic stability of live-attenuated Zika vaccine candidates.
  Muruato Antonio E et al. Antiviral research 2019 Sep 104596
• Deployment and utilization of next-generation sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum to guide anti-malarial drug policy decisions in sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities and challenges.
  Ishengoma Deus S et al. Malaria journal 2019 Sep (1) 267
• Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population.
  Evans Benjamin R et al. Scientific reports 2019 Sep (1) 13047 

HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

• The impact of KIR/HLA genes on the risk of developing multibacillary leprosy.
  Alves Hugo Vicentin et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2019 Sep (9) e0007696
• HIV Rebound Is Predominantly Fueled by Genetically Identical Viral Expansions from Diverse Reservoirs.
  De Scheerder Marie-Angélique et al. Cell host & microbe 2019 Sep (3) 347-358.e7
• The ferroportin Q248H mutation protects from anemia, but not malaria or bacteremia.
  Muriuki John Muthii et al. Science advances 2019 Sep (9) eaaw0109

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