News-Medical.Net January 2, 2025
Researchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria that start spreading in humans – including those causing flu, COVID, whooping cough and tuberculosis.
The new approach uses samples from infected humans to allow real-time monitoring of pathogens circulating in human populations, and enable vaccine-evading bugs to be quickly and automatically identified. This could inform the development of vaccines that are more effective in preventing disease.
The approach can also quickly detect emerging variants with resistance to antibiotics. This could inform the choice of treatment for people who become infected – and try to limit the spread of the disease.
It uses genetic sequencing data to provide information on the genetic changes...
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