Collections
Browse our Collections – bringing together peer-reviewed content from across the Society’s publishing platform on a range of hot topics and subject areas.
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Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)
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Ebola first became headline news in 2014–2016 when it was transmitted throughout West Africa. In 2019, this severe and often fatal disease has once again been declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) with over 1700 deaths in this latest outbreak. With vaccines now available, this outbreak could be contained, but only with increased production and delivery of vaccines within the Democratic Republic of Congo.
This collection brings together articles from our portfolio of journals on Ebola virus disease. The Microbiology Society has made this content freely available in the interests of widest possible distribution of relevant research.
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Establishing whole genome sequencing at the core of epidemiological surveillance
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Over the last two decades, genome sequencing has become an important tool for understanding and tracking the spread of pathogens. Genomic epidemiology is now a preferred method of surveillance and recent years have seen pathogen sequencing at an unprecedented scale, pushing the underlying technologies to the limit. This has brought major innovations and opportunities to public attention, as well as identifying new research areas. However, major challenges remain in public health settings. These include: incorporating new sequencing technologies and data types for real-time surveillance; developing platforms and nomenclatures for genome-based typing and epidemiology; understanding pathogen evolution and the emergence of virulence and antimicrobial resistance; contextualizing knowledge of clinical microbiology with One Health ecological genomics. In this collection, we bring together recent studies that are establishing pathogen genomics as a major part of contemporary disease control efforts.
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