Genomics|Update|December 4 Infectious Diseases ► Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Transmission [4]

Genomics|Update|December 4 Infectious Diseases

Volume 33  Number 22  December 4-11, 2014

Epidemiology, Outbreaks, Transmission

Whole genome sequencing reveals potential spread of Clostridium difficile between humans and farm animals in the Netherlands, 2002 to 2011
Knetsch CW, et al. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(45):pii=20954.

Genomic epidemiology of a protracted hospital outbreak caused by multidrug-resistantAcinetobacter baumannii in Birmingham, England
Halachev MR, et al. Genome Med 2014, 6:70.

Comment:

Study details the impact of WGS in resolving a three-year outbreak of opportunistic pathogen
GenomeWeb, Nov 20, 2014.

Gene flow in environmental Legionella pneumophila leads to genetic and pathogenic heterogeneity within a Legionnaires' disease outbreak
McAdam P, et al. Genome Biology 2014, 15:504.

Presence of human non-polio enterovirus and parechovirus genotypes in an Amsterdam hospital in 2007 to 2011 compared to national and international published surveillance data: a comprehensive review
Janes VA, et al. Euro Surveill 2014;19(46):pii=20964.

Multilocus Sequence Typing (MLST) and whole-genome MLST of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from human infections in three districts during a seasonal peak in Finland
Kovanen SM, et al. J Clin Microbiol 2014; 52(12): 4147-4154.

Influenza A virus transmission bottlenecks are defined by infection route and recipient host
Varble A, et al. Cell Host Microbe 2014; 16(5): 691–700.

Comment:

Barcoding influenza virus to decode transmission
Wu G, Webby RJ. Cell Host Microbe 2014; 16(5): 559–561.

Asymptomatic malaria infections: detectability, transmissibility and public health relevance
Bousema T, et al.  Nat Rev Microbiol 2014; 12: 833–840.