Results of the 2020 Genomic Proficiency Test for the network of European Union Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance assessing whole-genome-sequencing capacities.

ABSTRACT: The global surveillance and outbreak investigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is amidst a paradigm shift from traditional biology to bioinformatics. This is due to developments in whole-genome-sequencing (WGS) technologies, bioinformatics tools, and reduced costs. The increased use of WGS is accompanied by challenges such as standardization, quality control (QC), and data sharing. Thus, there is global need for inter-laboratory WGS proficiency test (PT) schemes to evaluate laboratories' capacity to produce reliable genomic data. Here, we present the results of the first iteration of the Genomic PT (GPT) organized by the Global Capacity Building Group at the Technical University of Denmark in 2020. Participating laboratories sequenced two isolates and corresponding DNA of Salmonel

SUBMITTER: Kristensen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10483428 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature