Preparing for the next Ebola outbreak: in-country genomic capacity in Africa.
Preparing for the next Ebola outbreak: in-country genomic capacity in Africa.
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为下一次埃博拉疫情爆发做准备:非洲的国内基因组能力。
DOI:
10.1016/s1473-3099(19)30173-2
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2019
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Happi AN
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Happi AN
The resurgence of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Équateur province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in May 2018, is an important reminder of the difficulties of predicting when and where the next outbreak will occur. The subsequent July 2018 outbreak of EVD in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has affected about 1000 people and the outbreak has the highest case fatality rate (62%) for EVD to date. 1 Conflict, insecurity, poverty, mistrust, poor health systems, and other factors have been implicated in sustaining the outbreak. The response to the July 2018 EVD outbreak in North Kivu Province has highlighted the positive impact of lessons learnt during the 2013–16 EVD outbreak in west Africa. These lessons included real-time genomic analysis of viruses and the use of different countermeasures during the outbreak response, 2 strong collaborations between countries of the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere and between countries within the southern hemisphere and rooted investment for research capacity building to address disease outbreaks, 3 andtimely and committed responses from WHO and other health development agencies. 4In the Lancet Infectious Diseases, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni and colleagues2 demonstrated how in-country genomics capacity has been integrated in the current EVD outbreak response in North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The authors report the use of genomics tools for assessment of medical countermeasures such as diagnostics and therapeutics deployed during the outbreak. Mbala-Kingebeni and colleagues used real-time genomic viral sequencing to demonstrate that the virus strain identified in the North Kivu and Ituri Provinces is different from the strain identified in the previous May 2018 EVD outbreak in Équateur Province. The authors used the Nextera Flex method for viral genome enrichment, developed by Illumina Technologies (San Diego, CA, USA), to shorten the time between blood sample collection and generation of whole viral genome sequences from 72 to 28 h. They also identified a small number of mismatches and mutations in targeted areas of some PCR tests available for field deployment; however, none of these mismatches affected the performance of the PCR tests.
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64.8
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A. Maxmen
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A. Maxmen
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158.5
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K. Siddle;Philomena J. Eromon;K. Barnes;Samar B. Mehta;J. Oguzie;I. Odia;S. Schaffner;S. Winnicki;R. Shah;J. Qu;S. Wohl;Patrick Brehio;C. Iruolagbe;J. Aiyepada;Eghosa Uyigue;Patience Akhilomen;G. Okonofua;Simon H. Ye;Tolulope A Kayode;Fehintola V Ajogbasile;J. Uwanibe;A. Gaye;Mambu Momoh;B. Chak;Dylan Kotliar;Amber Carter;A. Gladden;C. A. Freije;Omigie Omoregie;B. Osiemi;Ekene B Muoebonam;M. Airende;R. Enigbe;B. Ebo;Iguosadolo Nosamiefan;P. Oluniyi;M. Nekoui;E. Ogbaini;R. Garry;K. Andersen;Daniel J. Park;N. Yozwiak;G. Akpede;C. Ihekweazu;O. Tomori;S. Okogbenin;O. Folarin;P. Okokhere;B. MacInnis;Pardis C Sabeti;C. Happi
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C. Happi