The Emerging Role of Pathogen Genomics in Public Health | Public Health Grand Rounds | CDC

The Emerging Role of Pathogen Genomics in Public Health | Public Health Grand Rounds | CDC

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“The Emerging Role of Pathogen Genomics in Public Health”

The Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) Program, established by Congress in 2013, has led the adaptation and deployment of novel laboratory technologies, namely next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics, in the US public health system. AMD technologies are now in use across the range of infectious diseases of public health importance, such as bacterial food-borne illness, tuberculosis, influenza, malaria and Legionnaires’ disease. This session of Public Health Grand Rounds addresses the rapid advances in AMD, how these technologies are being applied in public health, and their future uses.