How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response
The threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continues to be a challenge to public and global health security. Cooperative biological engagement programs act to build partnerships and collaborations between scientists and health professionals to strengthen capabilities in biosurveillan...
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| author | Andrew W. Bartlow Earl A. Middlebrook Alicia T. Romero Jeanne M. Fair |
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| description | The threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continues to be a challenge to public and global health security. Cooperative biological engagement programs act to build partnerships and collaborations between scientists and health professionals to strengthen capabilities in biosurveillance. Biosurveillance is the systematic process of detecting, reporting, and responding to especially dangerous pathogens and pathogens of pandemic potential before they become outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. One important tool in biosurveillance is next generation sequencing. Expensive sequencing machines, reagents, and supplies make it difficult for countries to adopt this technology. Cooperative engagement programs help by providing funding for technical assistance to strengthen sequencing capabilities. Through workshops and training, countries are able to learn sequencing and bioinformatics, and implement these tools in their biosurveillance programs. Cooperative programs have an important role in building and sustaining collaborations among institutions and countries. One of the most important pieces in fostering these collaborations is trust. Trust provides the confidence that a successful collaboration will benefit all parties involved. With sequencing, this enables the sharing of pathogen samples and sequences. Obtaining global sequencing data helps to identify unknown etiological agents, track pathogen evolution and infer transmission networks throughout the duration of a pandemic. Having sequencing technology in place for biosurveillance generates the capacity to provide real-time data to understand and respond to pandemics. We highlight the need for these programs to continue to strengthen sequencing in biosurveillance. By working together to strengthen sequencing capabilities, trust can be formed, benefitting global health in the face of biological threats. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc5ecde0b5524170b1a4d1f893b677ed2022-12-21T18:12:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652021-03-01910.3389/fpubh.2021.648424648424How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak ResponseAndrew W. BartlowEarl A. MiddlebrookAlicia T. RomeroJeanne M. FairThe threat of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases continues to be a challenge to public and global health security. Cooperative biological engagement programs act to build partnerships and collaborations between scientists and health professionals to strengthen capabilities in biosurveillance. Biosurveillance is the systematic process of detecting, reporting, and responding to especially dangerous pathogens and pathogens of pandemic potential before they become outbreaks, epidemics, and pandemics. One important tool in biosurveillance is next generation sequencing. Expensive sequencing machines, reagents, and supplies make it difficult for countries to adopt this technology. Cooperative engagement programs help by providing funding for technical assistance to strengthen sequencing capabilities. Through workshops and training, countries are able to learn sequencing and bioinformatics, and implement these tools in their biosurveillance programs. Cooperative programs have an important role in building and sustaining collaborations among institutions and countries. One of the most important pieces in fostering these collaborations is trust. Trust provides the confidence that a successful collaboration will benefit all parties involved. With sequencing, this enables the sharing of pathogen samples and sequences. Obtaining global sequencing data helps to identify unknown etiological agents, track pathogen evolution and infer transmission networks throughout the duration of a pandemic. Having sequencing technology in place for biosurveillance generates the capacity to provide real-time data to understand and respond to pandemics. We highlight the need for these programs to continue to strengthen sequencing in biosurveillance. By working together to strengthen sequencing capabilities, trust can be formed, benefitting global health in the face of biological threats.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.648424/fullcooperative threat reductionemerging diseasesnext generation sequencingpandemic preparednessOne Health |
| spellingShingle | Andrew W. Bartlow Earl A. Middlebrook Alicia T. Romero Jeanne M. Fair How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response Frontiers in Public Health cooperative threat reduction emerging diseases next generation sequencing pandemic preparedness One Health |
| title | How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response |
| title_full | How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response |
| title_fullStr | How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response |
| title_short | How Cooperative Engagement Programs Strengthen Sequencing Capabilities for Biosurveillance and Outbreak Response |
| title_sort | how cooperative engagement programs strengthen sequencing capabilities for biosurveillance and outbreak response |
| topic | cooperative threat reduction emerging diseases next generation sequencing pandemic preparedness One Health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2021.648424/full |
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