The PHA4GE Microbial Data-Sharing Accord: establishing baseline consensus microbial data-sharing norms to facilitate cross-sectoral collaboration.

ABSTRACT: Microbial data sharing underlies evidence-based microbial research, as well as pathogen surveillance and analysis essential to public health. While the need for data sharing was highlighted during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, some concerns regarding secondary data use have also surfaced. Although general guidelines are available for data sharing, we note the absence of a set of established, universal, unambiguous and accessible principles to guide the secondary use of microbial data. Here, we propose the Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE) Microbial Data-Sharing Accord to consolidate consensus norms and accepted practices for the secondary use of microbial data. The Accord provides a set of seven simple, baseline principles to address key concerns that may arise for resear

SUBMITTER: Griffiths EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529761 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature