據美國食品安全新聞網消息，2013年9月1日美國疾控中心開始與食品藥品管理局合作，共同利用全基因組測序網絡對李斯特菌疫情進行分析。雙方的合作充分利用了公共衛生資源，以此推動全基因組測序技術在全美公共衛生試驗室的日常檢測當中開展。
部分原文報道如下：
In a prior APHLTech blog post （NGS in Action: FDA's Genome TRAKR Network）， Victor Waddell of the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory described the newly formed network of laboratories formed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration （FDA）。 Known collectively as Genome TRAKR, the member laboratories perform whole genome sequencing （WGS） on bacterial foodborne pathogens isolated primarily from food and environmental sources.
On Sept. 1, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention （CDC） began a partnership with the FDA Genome TRAKR network to utilize the network to conduct WGS of all Listeria monocytogenes collected from reported human illness cases in the United States. This effort leverages public health resources to evaluate and potentially move this promising new technology forward for more routine use in public health laboratories nationwide.
原文鏈接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/11/cdc-begins-real-time-whole-genome-sequencing-of-listeria-monocytogenes/>
日期：2013-11-29
