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Are sewers a gold mine of epidemiological data? Applying the ARTIC approach to wastewater
What is wastewater-based epidemiology? Interest in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) peaked during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; a number of governments turned to it in the hope of informing their strategy to manage the virus at a time when balancing economic needs with protecting public...
Measles sequencing update
Summary We have recently developed the artic-measles/400/v1.0.0 primer scheme (labs). This scheme has been designed to account for all genetic variation present across all Measles virus (MeV) serotypes, allowing it to be used for samples of unknown (clinical samples) or mixed (environmental surveillance) serotypes. This scheme...
Opportunity to Join Pathoplexus, Loculus, & ARTIC 2
Are you excited by the idea of building global infrastructure to make pathogen sequencing more accessible, interpretable, and equitable? The Epidemiology and Virus Evolution (EVE) Group at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) is offering a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of world-leading...