Innovative algorithm makes genomic surveillance faster and more affordable for global disease outbreaks

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An innovative algorithm improves genomic surveillance making pathogen monitoring faster and more affordable globally. It aims to enhance detection and response to emerging viral threats and prevent international spread of dangerous variants.

Genomic surveillance—the process of monitoring and sequencing pathogens—is one of the most important tools for detecting emerging viral threats. But global surveillance systems remain costly, unevenly distributed and often are too slow to identify dangerous variants before they spread internationally, amplifying future disease outbreak threats.