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Publications Corner – Nov 2021

Publications Corner


Take a look at some of the bioinformatics for public health papers published in the last three months


Whole genome sequencing of clinical samples reveals extensively drug resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) strains from the Beijing lineage in Nigeria, West Africa

  • Highlights the importance of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in public health and diagnosis of MDR and XDR tuberculosis in Nigeria. The major discovery in this study is that the authors were able to identify the Beijing lineage in Nigeria for the first time using WGS from direct clinical samples which were also extensively drug resistant.


MicrobeTrace: Retooling molecular epidemiology for rapid public health response

  • A useful browser-based tool which combines contact tracing and/or microbial genomic data with demographic or behavioural information to investigate disease outbreak data


A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa  

  • An important paper with over a 100 African groups collaborating on describing genomic surveillance analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants and lineages across Africa. 

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