About this Research Topic
Next generation sequencing technologies have significantly evolved in recent years, and their use is becoming more and more widespread in many aspects of infectious disease surveillance, diagnosis, and control. Microbial genomics and metagenomics can provide a powerful source of information in tracking international outbreaks, detecting emerging threats in novel places, understanding biological traits of medical importance (virulence, antimicrobial resistance, etc), and improving diagnostics, just to name a few. However, technical, and large-scale implementation obstacles are still present. These issues are particularly pressing in viral, parasitic, and fungal tropical and (re-)emerging diseases: due to climate change and increased human and animal contact and movements, the epidemiology of these pathogens is changing both in developing and developed countries posing challenges for both public and animal health.
The goal of our proposed Research Topic is to investigate the latest applications in using genomic sequencing to characterize, monitor, and combat emerging and re-emerging viral, parasitic, and fungal tropical diseases, including those at the human-animal interface and now spreading outside their traditional geographical limits.
We therefore welcome submissions relating, but not limited to, the following themes:
• Optimization of sample collection, laboratory preparation, and/or sequencing approaches improving affordability and scalability.
• Use of genomic and metagenomic sequencing for unbiased and agnostic pathogen detection in samples and hosts of interest.
• Application of genomic sequencing in the surveillance of tropical and (re-)emerging viral and parasitic diseases in both endemic and non-endemic settings.
• Application of genomic and metagenomic sequencing for pathogen characterization and disease clinical management.
The goal of our proposed Research Topic is to investigate the latest applications in using genomic sequencing to characterize, monitor, and combat emerging and re-emerging viral, parasitic, and fungal tropical diseases, including those at the human-animal interface and now spreading outside their traditional geographical limits.
We therefore welcome submissions relating, but not limited to, the following themes:
• Optimization of sample collection, laboratory preparation, and/or sequencing approaches improving affordability and scalability.
• Use of genomic and metagenomic sequencing for unbiased and agnostic pathogen detection in samples and hosts of interest.
• Application of genomic sequencing in the surveillance of tropical and (re-)emerging viral and parasitic diseases in both endemic and non-endemic settings.
• Application of genomic and metagenomic sequencing for pathogen characterization and disease clinical management.
Keywords: genomics, emerging pathogens, next generation sequencing, viral pathogens, parasitic pathogens, fungal pathogens, tropical pathogens
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