Introducing the NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information) Pathogen Detection Isolates Browser

National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health]. 03/21/2018 This 31-minute webinar discusses how to search for pathogen isolates, identify closely related isolates of interest, and find pathogens encoding particular antimicrobial resistance genes. The National Center for Biotechnology Informatio (NCBI) Pathogen Detection Project was created to use whole genome sequencing data for food-borne disease surveillance. Pathogens isolated from patients, food, and environmental samples, from state, federal, and other labs, are sequenced, and the data submitted in real time to NCBI. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - June 6, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news