Allard Marc W, Strain Errol, Melka David, Bunning Kelly, Musser Steven M, Brown Eric W, Timme Ruth
Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA
Food and Drug Administration, College Park, Maryland, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2016 Aug;54(8):1975-83. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00081-16. Epub 2016 Mar 23.
The FDA has created a United States-based open-source whole-genome sequencing network of state, federal, international, and commercial partners. The GenomeTrakr network represents a first-of-its-kind distributed genomic food shield for characterizing and tracing foodborne outbreak pathogens back to their sources. The GenomeTrakr network is leading investigations of outbreaks of foodborne illnesses and compliance actions with more accurate and rapid recalls of contaminated foods as well as more effective monitoring of preventive controls for food manufacturing environments. An expanded network would serve to provide an international rapid surveillance system for pathogen traceback, which is critical to support an effective public health response to bacterial outbreaks.
美国食品药品监督管理局(FDA)建立了一个由州、联邦、国际和商业伙伴组成的基于美国的开源全基因组测序网络。GenomeTrakr网络是首个此类分布式基因组食品防护体系,用于鉴定食源性病原体并追踪其源头。GenomeTrakr网络正在引领食源性疾病暴发调查及合规行动,以更准确、迅速地召回受污染食品,并更有效地监测食品生产环境的预防控制措施。一个扩大后的网络将有助于提供一个病原体溯源的国际快速监测系统,这对于支持对细菌暴发做出有效的公共卫生应对至关重要。