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Data Highlights and Editorials

Two types of articles (data highlights and editorials) are generated by the portal and its community. Data highlights showcase recent Swedish publications sharing data, whilst editorials are short opinion-style pieces discussing the current thinking in a given area.

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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance – flying blind or flying behind?
Editorial
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance – flying blind or flying behind?
A thought-piece on how environmental tracking of antimicrobial resistance should be done. It aims to provoke discussion between scientists and stakeholders, particularly in light of upcoming EU legislation.
Antibiotic resistance Infectious diseases
(Micro)bioterrorism: leveraging genomic data to improve anthrax surveillance
Editorial
(Micro)bioterrorism: leveraging genomic data to improve anthrax surveillance
A perspective on Bacillus anthracis, a pathogen known as a biological threat, and how WGS data and surveillance can help researchers respond to cases and threats.
Infectious diseases
“Feed a gut, and starve a fever” or friendly vs disease-causing pathogens
Editorial
“Feed a gut, and starve a fever” or friendly vs disease-causing pathogens
A perspective on what makes a pathogen through the lens of the microbes in our bodies and how we, as hosts, interact with them.
Infectious diseases
The pandemic has paved the way for data sharing
Editorial
The pandemic has paved the way for data sharing
Details the importance of sharing data, tools, and techniques in the COVID-19 pandemic and for future pandemic preparedness. Highlights how this applies to this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine.
COVID-19
Influenza A(H5) virus: A potential pandemic threat
Editorial
Influenza A(H5) virus: A potential pandemic threat
A perspective on the potential for influenza viruses to be the next pandemic threat and how to be better prepared for the next pandemic.
Influenza
Mechanism of entry used by human species D adenoviruses proving important for COVID-19 vaccine development
Data Highlight
Mechanism of entry used by human species D adenoviruses proving important for COVID-19 vaccine development
New study identifies a noncanonical entry mechanism used by human adenoviruses, important for development of adenovirus-based vaccine vectors. The reported X-ray structural data was made available through the Protein Data Bank.
COVID-19 Infectious diseases
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