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Transforming bacterial disease surveillance and investigation using whole-genome sequence to probe the trace

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Two decades have passed since the first bacterial whole-genome sequencing, which provides new opportunity for microbial genome. Consequently, considerable genetic diversity encoded by bacterial genomes and among the strains in the same species has been revealed. In recent years, genome sequencing techniques and bioinformatics have developed rapidly, which has resulted in transformation and expedited the application of strategy and methodology for bacterial genome comparison used in dissection of infectious disease epidemics. Bacterial whole-genome sequencing and bioinformatic computing allow genotyping to satisfy the requirements of epidemiological study in disease control. In this review, we outline the significance and summarize the roles of bacterial genome sequencing in the context of bacterial disease control and prevention.We discuss the applications of bacterial genome sequencing in outbreak detection, source tracing, transmission mode discovery, and new epidemic clone identification. Wide applications of genome sequencing and data sharing in infectious disease surveillance networks will considerably promote outbreak detection and early warning to prevent the dissemination of bacterial diseases.

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This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program (No. 2015CB554201) and the National Key Research and Development Program (No. 2016YFC1200103) of the Ministry of Health of China.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China

    Biao Kan, Haijian Zhou, Wen Zhang, Xin Lu, Tian Qin & Jianguo Xu

  2. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, Hangzhou, 310003, China

    Biao Kan, Haijian Zhou, Wen Zhang, Xin Lu, Tian Qin & Jianguo Xu

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100015, China

    Pengcheng Du

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Kan, B., Zhou, H., Du, P. et al. Transforming bacterial disease surveillance and investigation using whole-genome sequence to probe the trace. Front. Med. 12, 23–33 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11684-017-0607-7

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