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

Alan Christoffels; Gerald Mboowa; Peter van Heusden; Sello Makhubela; George Githinji; Sarah Mwangi; Harris Onywera; Ndodo Nnaemeka; Daniel Gyamfi Amoako; Idowu Olawoye; Amadou Diallo; Placide Mbala-Kingebeni; Samuel O. Oyola; Bright Adu; Christopher Mvelase; Pascale Ondoa; Fred Athanasius Dratibi; Abdourahmane Sow; Nicksy Gumede; Sofonias K. Tessema; Ahmed Ogwell Ouma; Yenew Kebede Tebeje

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

Alan Christoffels
, Gerald Mboowa
, Peter van Heusden
, Sello Makhubela
, George Githinji
, Sarah Mwangi
, Harris Onywera
, Ndodo Nnaemeka
, Daniel Gyamfi Amoako
, Idowu Olawoye
, Amadou Diallo
, Placide Mbala-Kingebeni
, Samuel O. Oyola
, Bright Adu
, Christopher Mvelase
, Pascale Ondoa
, Fred Athanasius Dratibi
, Abdourahmane Sow
, Nicksy Gumede
, Sofonias K. Tessema

Ahmed Ogwell Ouma, Yenew Kebede Tebeje

African Union Commission
University of the Western Cape
Nomazangwa Consulting
Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
National Health Laboratory Services
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Redeemer's University
Institut Pasteur de Dakar
Université de Kinshasa
International Livestock Research Institute
University of Ghana
WHO Regional Office for Africa
African Society for Laboratory Medicine
WHO Regional Office for Africa
West African Health Organization (WAHO)

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1052-1055
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02266-y
Publication status	Published - May 2023
Externally published	Yes

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Christoffels, A., Mboowa, G., van Heusden, P., Makhubela, S., Githinji, G., Mwangi, S., Onywera, H., Nnaemeka, N., Amoako, D. G., Olawoye, I., Diallo, A., Mbala-Kingebeni, P., Oyola, S. O., Adu, B., Mvelase, C., Ondoa, P., Dratibi, F. A., Sow, A., Gumede, N., ... Tebeje, Y. K. (2023). A pan-African pathogen genomics data sharing platform to support disease outbreaks. Nature Medicine, 29(5), 1052-1055. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02266-y

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