2023 Project: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Extending SwabSeq agnostic diagnostic for pathogen surveillance in population and environmental samples

What to know

Researchers at UCLA will develop methods to apply pathogen-agnostic sequencing tests and data analyses to environmental as well as diverse human specimen types.

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Planned activity

This project aims to enable identification of new pathogens and could significantly contribute to development of rapid, low-cost, and flexible diagnostic approaches for detecting and tracking the spread of pathogens. The project also aims to extend the test to additional clinical and environmental sample types.

Awarded in 2023, this project is still in progress.

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National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)