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June 9-16, 2016 

Advanced Molecular Detection Clips

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Clips are selected weekly from a variety of sources, including PubMed, journal tables of contents, and online media. Special emphasis is given to the use of next-generation genetic sequencing in infectious disease public health surveillance, investigation, and development of new diagnostics and interventions. The collection is not comprehensive but aims to capture highlights, while surveying a wide range of topics. CDC-authored articles are flagged. Items marked I&E address aspects of implementation or evaluation in clinical or public health practice.

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Advanced Molecular Detection Clips Content

• News
• Events / Training / Web Resources
• Policy
• Concepts / Comments
• Methods / Tools
• Evolution / Ecology / Populations
• Pathogenicity / Antimicrobial Resistance
• Detection / Diagnosis
• Epidemiology / Outbreaks / Transmission
• Antimicrobials / Vaccines / Interventions
• Host-Microbe Interactions

NEWS

• Behind the scenes of a U.S. superbug discovery that made headlines around the world 
  Sun LH. Washington Post, Jun 6, 2016.
• Fast-spreading genetic mutations pose ecological risk 
  Ledford H. Nature, Jun 8, 2016.
• Species-wide gene editing, applauded and feared, gets a push. 
  Harmon A. New York Times, Jun 8, 2016.
• To halt the spread of Lyme, Nantucket residents consider genetically engineered mice 
  Swet;itz I. STAT, Jun 7, 2016.
• Mobile laboratories help track Zika spread across Brazil 
  (press release) Univ of Birmingham (UK), Jun 8, 2016.
• Testing limitations may leave 20% to 80% of Zika patients undiagnosed 
  Healio, Jun 6, 2016.
• Novel method may lead to more precise influenza vaccine 
  Healio, May 31, 2016.
• Researchers create genetic blueprint of cunning tuberculosis bacteria 
  MedicalXpress, Jun 6, 2016.

EVENTS / TRAINING / WEB RESOURCES

• The Secret World Inside You 
  (exhibition) American Museum of Natural History, through Aug 14, 2016.
• Infectious Disease News Outbreak Tracker 
  (website) Infectious Disease News, healio.com.

POLICY

• Gene Drive Research in Non-Human Organisms: Recommendations for Responsible Conduct 
  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. June 8, 2016.
• Precision Medicine Initiative: Data Security Policy Principles and Framework
  White House, May 25, 2016.

CONCEPTS / COMMENTS

• Will integrated surveillance systems for vectors and vector-borne diseases be the future of controlling vector-borne diseases? A practical example from China. 
  Wu Y et al. Epidemiology and infection 2016 Jul (9) 1895-903
• Bacterial GWAS: not just gilding the lily 
  Lees JA, Bentley SD. Nat Rev Microbiol, May 31, 2016.
• Metagenomics: Pathogen diagnostics for the masses. 
  Koch Linda et al. Nature reviews. Genetics 2016 Jun
• Microbiome Data Science: Understanding Our Microbial Planet. 
  Kyrpides Nikos C et al. Trends in microbiology 2016 Jun (6) 425-7
• Host-microbe interaction: Rules of the game for microbiota 
  Faust K, Raes J. Nature, Jun 8, 2016.
• Trypanosoma cruzi: Time for International Recognition as a Foodborne Parasite. 
  Robertson Lucy J et al. PLoS neglected tropical diseases 2016 Jun (6) e0004656
• The Future of Antibiotics: Emerging Technologies and Stewardship. 
  Fortman Jeffrey L et al. Trends in microbiology 2016 May

METHODS / TOOLS

• Droplet microfluidics for microbiology: techniques, applications and challenges. 
  Kaminski Tomasz S et al. Lab on a chip 2016 May
• The Road to Metagenomics: From Microbiology to DNA Sequencing Technologies and Bioinformatics. 
  Escobar-Zepeda Alejandra et al. Frontiers in genetics 2015 348
• An Infectious cDNA Clone of Zika Virus to Study Viral Virulence, Mosquito Transmission, and Antiviral Inhibitors. 
  Shan Chao et al. Cell host & microbe 2016 May
• Genetically Engineered Phages: a Review of Advances over the Last Decade. 
  Pires Diana P et al. Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR 2016 Sep (3) 523-43
• Controlling for phylogenetic relatedness and evolutionary rates improves the discovery of associations between species' phenotypic and genomic differences. 
  Prudent Xavier et al. Molecular biology and evolution 2016 May
• Phylodynamics with Migration: A Computational Framework to Quantify Population Structure from Genomic Data. 
  Kühnert Denise et al. Molecular biology and evolution 2016 Apr
• Integrating molecular epidemiology and social network analysis to study infectious diseases: towards a socio-molecular era for public health. 
  Vasylyeva Tetyana I et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 Jun
• RepeatAnalyzer: a tool for analysing and managing short-sequence repeat data. 
  Catanese Helen N et al. BMC genomics 2016 (1) 422
• MDSINE: Microbial Dynamical Systems INference Engine for microbiome time-series analyses. 
  Bucci Vanni et al. Genome biology 2016 (1) 121

EVOLUTION / ECOLOGY / POPULATIONS

• Historical Y. pestis Genomes Reveal the European Black Death as the Source of Ancient and Modern Plague Pandemics 
  Spyrou MA, et al. Cell Host Microbe, Jun 8, 2016.
• New insights into the hepatitis E virus genotype 3 phylodynamics and evolutionary history. 
  Mirazo Santiago et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 Jun
• Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum over space and time in an African archipelago. 
  Salgueiro Patrícia et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 Jun

PATHOGENICITY / ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE

• Phylogenetic analysis of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC) isolated in Japan revealed the emergence of CTX-M-14-producing EAEC O25:H4 clones related to ST131. 
  Imuta Naoko et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 Jun
• Impact of Pathogen Population Heterogeneity and Stress-Resistant Variants on Food Safety. 
  Abee T et al. Annual review of food science and technology 2016 439-56
• The pathogenicity and host adaptation of livestock-associated MRSA CC398. 
  Ballhausen Britta et al. Veterinary microbiology 2016 May

DETECTION / DIAGNOSIS

• Rapid identification of health care associated infections with an integrated fluorescence anisotropy system 
  Park KS, et al. Sci Adv, May 6, 2016.
• sesC as a genetic marker for easy identification of Staphylococcus epidermidis from other isolates. 
  Khodaparast Ladan et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 May
• The Use of a Dengue Rapid Diagnostic Test During Suspected Dengue Outbreaks in Resource Limited Regions. 
  Hunsperger Elizabeth A et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 May 
• Impact of Early Detection of Respiratory Viruses by Multiplex PCR on Clinical Outcomes in Adult Patients. 
  Rappo Urania et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 May 
• A computationally-designed serological assay for the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. 
  Song Yunfeng et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 May
• Clinical comparison, standardization and optimization of Zika virus molecular detection
  Corman VM, et al. Bull World Health Organ 2016;doi:10.2471/BLT.16.175950.
• Performance of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for the identification of Aspergillus, Scedosporium, and Fusarium spp. in the Australian clinical setting. 
  Sleiman Sue et al. Journal of clinical microbiology 2016 Jun 

EPIDEMIOLOGY / OUTBREAKS / TRANSMISSION

• Colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in multi-dog households: A longitudinal study using whole genome sequencing. 
  Windahl Ulrika et al. Veterinary microbiology 2016 Jun 8-14
• Whole Genome DNA Sequence Analysis of Salmonella subspecies enterica serotype Tennessee obtained from related peanut butter foodborne outbreaks. 
  Wilson Mark R et al. PloS one (6) e0146929
• Declaring a tuberculosis outbreak over with genomic epidemiology
  Hatherell HA, et al. Open Microbiol, Jun 2016.
• Investigating Salmonella Eko from Various Sources in Nigeria by Whole Genome Sequencing to Identify the Source of Human Infections. 
  Leekitcharoenphon Pimlapas et al. PloS one 2016 (5) e0156212
• Evidence of Sexual Transmission of Zika Virus. 
  D'Ortenzio Eric et al. The New England journal of medicine 2016 Jun (22) 2195-8
• Investigation of an unrecognized large-scale outbreak of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto fungaemia in a tertiary-care hospital in China. 
  Wang He et al. Scientific reports 2016 27099

ANTIMICROBIALS / VACCINES / INTERVENTIONS

• Selection of antigenically advanced variants of seasonal influenza viruses 
  Li C, et al. Nat Microbiol, May 23, 2016.
• Low pathogenic avian influenza (H9N2) in chicken: Evaluation of an ancestral H9-MVA vaccine. 
  Ducatez Mariette F et al. Veterinary microbiology 2016 Jun 59-67
• Evidence of susceptibility to lamivudine-based HAART and genetic stability of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in HIV co-infected patients: A South African longitudinal HBV whole genome study. 
  Amponsah-Dacosta Edina et al. Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 2016 May 232-238
• Genetically Modified (GM) Mosquito Use to Reduce Mosquito-Transmitted Disease in the US: A Community Opinion Survey 
  Adalja A, et al. PLoS Currents Outbreaks, May 25, 2016.

HOST-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

• A Cellular GWAS Approach to Define Human Variation in Cellular Pathways Important to Inflammation. 
  Miller Samuel I et al. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 2016 (2)
• TLR1 Variant H305L Associated with Protection from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. 
  Meyer Christian G et al. PloS one 2016 (5) e0156046
• Accounting for reciprocal host– microbiome interactions in experimental science 
  Stappenbeck TS, Virgin HW. Nature, Jun 9, 2016.
• Complete Genome Sequence of Germline Chromosomally Integrated Human Herpesvirus 6A and Analyses Integration Sites Define a New Human Endogenous Virus with Potential to Reactivate as an Emerging Infection. 
  Tweedy Joshua et al. Viruses 2016 Jan (1)
• The Telomeric Repeats of Human Herpesvirus 6A (HHV-6A) Are Required for Efficient Virus Integration. 
  Wallaschek Nina et al. PLoS pathogens 2016 May (5) e1005666
• Making Bunyaviruses Talk: Interrogation Tactics to Identify Host Factors Required for Infection. 
  Riblett Amber M et al. Viruses 2016 (5)
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