Using genomics to improve preparedness and response of future epidemics or pandemics in Africa

Affiliations

• ¹ Parasites and Microbes Programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK.
• ² Darwin College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
• ³ Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
• ⁴ Next Generation Sequencing Unit and Division of Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• ⁵ World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Brazzaville, Congo.
• ⁶ Diarrhoeal Pathogens Research Unit, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Medunsa, Pretoria, South Africa.
• ⁷ Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.