Study of the SARS-CoV-2 genomic data generation to evaluate the introduction of genomics in epidemiological surveillance and public health decision making.

Autor:	Souho T; Département des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China., Lamboni L; Département des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo.; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China., Bakadia BM; Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, PR China., Taale E; Département des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo.; Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l´Agriculture, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo., Palanga KK; Institut Supérieur des Métiers de l´Agriculture, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo., Amouzou SK; Département des Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Kara, Kara, Togo.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2022 Jan 20; Vol. 41, pp. 55. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jan 20 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.11604/pamj.2022.41.55.32344
Abstrakt:	Introduction: the limited number of equipped laboratories and the lack of expertise left Africa lagging behind in terms of contribution in genomic data generation. The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn the attention of all public health stakeholders so that it can be used as a marker of the efforts that public health systems can produced. The main purpose of the present analytical study was to evaluate the contribution of the African continent in the genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Methods: data from the two most popular genomic databases on SARS-CoV-2 (GISAID EpiCov and NCBI Virus) were extracted and analyzed. Comparisons were made using the sequencing ratio which represents the number of genomic sequence published over one thousands confirmed cases. Results: considering continental blocks, the Africa occupied the fourth place after Oceania, Europe and North America based on sequencing ratios. However, when the considered comparison parameter is the number of sequences, the African continent was the fifth contributor after Europe, North America, Asia and South America. Conclusion: the study showed that African countries have effectively integrated the genomic data generation in the public health response strategies but the effective use of these data for a perfect surveillance is not clearly established. There is a need for capacity building in genomic data analyses for a better response to public health threats in Africa. Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests. (Copyright: Tiatou Souho et al.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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