美国CDC与FDA合作对李斯特菌进行全基因组测序

      据美国食品安全新闻网消息，2013年9月1日美国疾控中心开始与食品药品管理局合作，共同利用全基因组测序网络对李斯特菌疫情进行分析。双方的合作充分利用了公共卫生资源，以此推动全基因组测序技术在全美公共卫生试验室的日常检测当中开展。

    部分原文报道如下：

    In a prior APHLTech blog post （NGS in Action: FDA's Genome TRAKR Network）， Victor Waddell of the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory described the newly formed network of laboratories formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration （FDA）。 Known collectively as Genome TRAKR, the member laboratories perform whole genome sequencing （WGS） on bacterial foodborne pathogens isolated primarily from food and environmental sources.

    On Sept. 1, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention （CDC） began a partnership with the FDA Genome TRAKR network to utilize the network to conduct WGS of all Listeria monocytogenes collected from reported human illness cases in the United States. This effort leverages public health resources to evaluate and potentially move this promising new technology forward for more routine use in public health laboratories nationwide.

    原文链接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/11/cdc-begins-real-time-whole-genome-sequencing-of-listeria-monocytogenes/>