AMD in Action: Fighting Infectious Disease on Many Fronts | Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) | CDC

AMD in Action: Fighting Infectious Disease on Many Fronts | Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) | CDC

AMD in Action: Fighting Infectious Disease on Many Fronts

Using AMD methods to track polio

When polio broke out in the Horn of Africa in 2013, Kenya lab technicians quickly identified the source as a wild virus and sent specimens to CDC. Overnight, CDC scientists sequenced the virus and identified it as coming from Nigeria—on the other side of the continent.

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Decoding MERS Coronavirus: AMD provides quick answers

In early May 2014, CDC received a mucus specimen from a MERS patient. In less than 48 hours, CDC used Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) methods to sequence the complete virus genome.

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