Shaw, David and Torreblanca, Raquel Abad and Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin and Bautista, Adriana and Bennett, Desiree and Broughton, Karen and Casanova, Carlo and Choi, Eun Hwa and Claus, Heike and Corcoran, Mary and Cottrell, Simon and Cunney, Robert and Cuypers, Lize and Dalby, Tine and Davies, Heather and de Gouveia, Linda and Deghmane, Ala-Eddine and Desmet, Stefanie and Domenech, Mirian and Drew, Richard and Plessis, Mignon du and Duarte, Carolina and Fuursted, Kurt and Golden, Alyssa and Almeida, Samanta Cristine Grassi and Henares, Desiree and Henriques-Normark, Birgitta and Hilty, Markus and Hoffmann, Steen and Humphreys, Hilary and Jacobsson, Susanne and Johnson, Christopher and Jolley, Keith A. and Kawabata, Aníbal and Kozakova, Jana and Kristinsson, Karl G. and Krizova, Pavla and Kuch, Alicja and Ladhani, Shamez and Lâm, Thiên-Trí and Ayala, María Eugenia León and Lindholm, Laura and Litt, David and Maiden, Martin C. J. and Martin, Irene and Martiny, Delphine and Mattheus, Wesley and McCarthy, Noel D. and Meehan, Mary and Meiring, Susan and Mölling, Paula and Morfeldt, Eva and Morgan, Julie and Mulhall, Robert and Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen and Murdoch, David and Musilek, Martin and Novakova, Ludmila and Oftadeh, Shahin and Perez-Arguello, Amaresh and Pérez-Vázquez, Maria Dolores and Perrin, Monique and Prevost, Benoit and Roberts, Maria and Rokney, Assaf and Ron, Merav and Sanabria, Olga Marina and Scott, Kevin J. and Sempere, Julio and Siira, Lotta and de Lemos, Ana Paula Silva and Sintchenko, Vitali and Skoczyńska, Anna and Slotved, Hans-Christian and Smith, Andrew J. and Taha, Muhamed-Kheir and Toropainen, Maija and Tzanakaki, Georgina and Vainio, Anni and van der Linden, Mark P. G. and van Sorge, Nina M. and Varon, Emmanuelle and Moreno, Julio Vazquez and Vohrnova, Sandra and von Gottberg, Anne and Yuste, Jose and Brueggemann, Angela B. (2025) The importance of microbiology reference laboratories and adequate funding for infectious disease surveillance. Lancet Digital Health, 7 (4). e275-e281. ISSN 2589-7500

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Microbiology reference laboratories perform a crucial role within public health systems. This role was especially evident during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Viewpoint, we emphasise the importance of microbiology reference laboratories and highlight the types of digital data and expertise they provide, which benefit national and international public health. We also highlight the value of surveillance initiatives among collaborative international partners, who work together to share, analyse, and interpret data, and then disseminate their findings in a timely manner. Microbiology reference laboratories have substantial impact at regional, national, and international levels, and sustained support for these laboratories is essential for public health in both pandemic and non-pandemic times.

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Title The importance of microbiology reference laboratories and adequate funding for infectious disease surveillance
Creators Shaw, David and Torreblanca, Raquel Abad and Amin-Chowdhury, Zahin and Bautista, Adriana and Bennett, Desiree and Broughton, Karen and Casanova, Carlo and Choi, Eun Hwa and Claus, Heike and Corcoran, Mary and Cottrell, Simon and Cunney, Robert and Cuypers, Lize and Dalby, Tine and Davies, Heather and de Gouveia, Linda and Deghmane, Ala-Eddine and Desmet, Stefanie and Domenech, Mirian and Drew, Richard and Plessis, Mignon du and Duarte, Carolina and Fuursted, Kurt and Golden, Alyssa and Almeida, Samanta Cristine Grassi and Henares, Desiree and Henriques-Normark, Birgitta and Hilty, Markus and Hoffmann, Steen and Humphreys, Hilary and Jacobsson, Susanne and Johnson, Christopher and Jolley, Keith A. and Kawabata, Aníbal and Kozakova, Jana and Kristinsson, Karl G. and Krizova, Pavla and Kuch, Alicja and Ladhani, Shamez and Lâm, Thiên-Trí and Ayala, María Eugenia León and Lindholm, Laura and Litt, David and Maiden, Martin C. J. and Martin, Irene and Martiny, Delphine and Mattheus, Wesley and McCarthy, Noel D. and Meehan, Mary and Meiring, Susan and Mölling, Paula and Morfeldt, Eva and Morgan, Julie and Mulhall, Robert and Muñoz-Almagro, Carmen and Murdoch, David and Musilek, Martin and Novakova, Ludmila and Oftadeh, Shahin and Perez-Arguello, Amaresh and Pérez-Vázquez, Maria Dolores and Perrin, Monique and Prevost, Benoit and Roberts, Maria and Rokney, Assaf and Ron, Merav and Sanabria, Olga Marina and Scott, Kevin J. and Sempere, Julio and Siira, Lotta and de Lemos, Ana Paula Silva and Sintchenko, Vitali and Skoczyńska, Anna and Slotved, Hans-Christian and Smith, Andrew J. and Taha, Muhamed-Kheir and Toropainen, Maija and Tzanakaki, Georgina and Vainio, Anni and van der Linden, Mark P. G. and van Sorge, Nina M. and Varon, Emmanuelle and Moreno, Julio Vazquez and Vohrnova, Sandra and von Gottberg, Anne and Yuste, Jose and Brueggemann, Angela B.
Identification Number 10.1016/S2589-7500(24)00241-3
Date April 2025
Divisions College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing > Dental School
Publisher Elsevier
Additional Information The infrastructure for the IRIS Consortium is funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award to ABB (grant number 206394/Z/17/Z). The IRIS databases are part of PubMLST, which is funded by a Wellcome Trust Biomedical Resource Grant awarded to MCJM, ABB, and KAJ (grant number 218205/Z/19/Z). DS received an Oxford Clarendon Scholarship covering university fees plus a stipend. This work was also partly supported by: research funding from the Polish Ministry of Health and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education to the National Medicines Institute, Poland; the Robert Koch-Institute with funds of the Federal Ministry of Health (funding code 1369–237) to the National Reference Centre for Meningococci and Haemophilus influenzae; and research funding from Pfizer and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for pneumococcal surveillance work at the Irish Meningitis and Sepsis Reference Laboratory.
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