人类沙门氏病微生物源归因方法的审查:从亚型到全基因组测序
Rebeca Cardim Falcao1,2, Megan R Edwards1,2, Matt Hurst3
1British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, Canada.
Foodborne pathogens and disease
|November 30, 2023
概括
识别沙门氏菌源是预防食物传播疾病的关键. 全基因组测序 (WGS) 提供了强大的新方法来追踪从动物到人类的病原体传播途径.
科学领域:
- 食物传播病原体流行病学
- 微生物基因组学 微生物基因组学
- 公共卫生 微生物学
背景情况:
- 沙门氏菌是全球主要的食物传播疾病的原因,各种动物和食品作为感染源.
- 有效的预防和控制策略需要准确识别沙门氏菌的动物水库和传播途径.
研究的目的:
- 对沙门氏菌和其他食源性病原体进行现有来源归因方法的审查.
- 探索全基因组测序 (WGS) 在提高来源归因准确性方面的影响和潜力.
- 讨论基于WGS的病原体跟踪的挑战和未来方向.
主要方法:
- 对现有的统计模型和用于萨尔摩尼拉源归因的数据流的审查.
- 对最近使用全基因组测序 (WGS) 来追踪病原体源的研究进行分析.
- 讨论支持各种归因方法的数学和统计工具.
主要成果:
- 全基因组测序 (WGS) 为追踪沙门氏菌提供了显著增强的歧视能力.
- 基于WGS的方法比传统的来源归因方法提供了有希望的进步.
- 在开发和实施用于常规监测的新型WGS方法方面,仍然存在一些挑战.
结论:
- 来源归因对于控制沙门氏菌和类似的食物传播病原体至关重要.
- WGS代表了一种改造性的技术,可以提高识别病原体起源和传播的准确性.
- 需要进一步的研究来克服挑战,并充分利用WGS用于食品安全中的公共卫生应用.
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