CLOSING THE GAP IN EARLY DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES FOR MYCOSES - DNA BARCODING TO COMBAT AN EMERGING GLOBAL HEALTH PROBLEM

真菌感染是一个主要的健康威胁，死亡率和成本都很高。需要快速识别病原体，以启动正确的治疗，以最大限度地提高疾病结局。短DNA序列-DNA条形码-提供快速准确的识别。这笔赠款旨在建立一个双基因座条形码方案，建立一个参考数据库，使该方案适应新的测序技术，并促进常规诊断实验室中基于序列的真菌鉴定。

Fungal infections are a major health threat with high mortality and costs. Fast identification of a causative agent is required to initiate correct treatment to maximise disease outcome. Short DNA sequences – DNA barcodes – offer a fast accurate identification. This grant sets out to establish a dual-locus barcode scheme, build a reference database, adapt the scheme to new sequencing technologies and to facilitate sequence-based fungal identification in the routine diagnostic laboratory.