Infectious disease outbreaks have occurred throughout history and these events may become more frequent in the future. To identify causative pathogens and monitor outbreaks, scientists can employ genomic sequencing. However, the existing sequencing technologies are expensive and require time-consuming sample preparation and sequencing runs, which constrain their global use. Nanopore sequencing overcomes these challenges, providing scientists and public health officials with a comprehensive, rapid, and cost-effective pathogen surveillance approach.
Download this white paper from Oxford Nanopore Technologies to learn about
- The scalability of nanopore sequencing
- The advantages of any-length sequencing reads for pathogen analysis
- Case studies highlighting the effectiveness of nanopore sequencing in tracking outbreaks of avian influenza, Streptococcus pyogenes, and poliovirus