A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks.

Christoffels, Alan; Mboowa, Gerald; van Heusden, Peter; Makhubela, Sello; Githinji, George; Mwangi, Sarah; Onywera, Harris; Nnaemeka, Ndodo et al. · Nat Med · 2023

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Abstract

High-income countries have a wealth of genomics expertise that can be rapidly activated to deal with disease threats. African countries should invest in a federated data-management system for genomics epidemiology to deal with such threats better.

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