Pathogen Surveillance

Genomic surveillance of pathogens can provide information about pathogen evolution and insight into the genetic basis of changes in virulence or resistance to interventions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 was established by many countries, including countries in Asia. In response to this request for proposals, we seek projects from investigators in South and Southeast Asia that address one - or both - of the following goals: 1) Design and pilot a genomic surveillance program for a priority pathogen (other than SARS-CoV-2) and 2) Develop capacity for Immunology and Immune Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 to inform Epidemic Response.

Overview

The emerging SARS-COV-2 variants of concern (VOC) demonstrate the urgent need for local scientific communities to have the capacity to rapidly detect and evaluate the immunological implications of new variants. The current VOC situation also provides the proving ground for such scientific collaborative infrastructure to inform and impact local and global equitable decision making around vaccines, herd immunity and therapeutics.