Torsten Seemann

Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2.

Áine O'Toole, Verity Hill, Oliver G Pybus, Alexander Watts, Issac I Bogoch, Kamran Khan, Jane P Messina, undefined COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) consortium, undefined Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA), undefined Brazil-UK CADDE Genomic Network, Houriiyah Tegally, Richard R Lessells, Jennifer Giandhari, Sureshnee Pillay, Kefentse Arnold Tumedi, Gape Nyepetsi, Malebogo Kebabonye, Maitshwarelo Matsheka, Madisa Mine, Sima Tokajian, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Wellcome Open Res

Late in 2020, two genetically-distinct clusters of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with mutations of ..

Prolonged Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Shigella sonnei Harboring bla(CTX-M-27) in Victoria, Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Patiyan Andersson, Mary Valcanis, Jessica Barnden, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Kristy A Horan, Torsten Seemann, Marion Easton, Deborah A Williamson, Norelle L Sherry, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2020  |  ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In Australia, cases of shigellosis usually occur in returned travelers from regions of shigellosis endemicity or in men who have s..

Complete microbial genomes for public health in Australia and the Southwest Pacific

Sarah L Baines, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Glen P Carter, Amy Jennison, Irani Rathnayake, Rikki M Graham, Vitali Sintchenko, Qinning Wang, Rebecca J Rockett, Verlaine J Timms, Elena Martinez, Susan Ballard, Takehiro Tomita, Nicole Isles, Kristy A Horan, William Pitchers, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2020  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

Complete genomes of microbial pathogens are essential for the phylogenomic analyses that increasingly underpin core public health ..

Comprehensive Genomic Investigation of Adaptive Mutations Driving the Low-Level Oxacillin Resistance Phenotype in Staphylococcus aureus

Stefano G Giulieri, Romain Guerillot, Jason C Kwong, Ian R Monk, Ashleigh S Hayes, Diane Daniel, Sarah Baines, Norelle L Sherry, Natasha E Holmes, Peter Ward, Wei Gao, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2020  |  MBIO

Antistaphylococcal penicillins such as oxacillin are the key antibiotics in the treatment of invasive methicillin-susceptible Stap..

Case Report: Confirmation by Metagenomic Sequencing of Visceral Leishmaniasis in an Immunosuppressed Returned Traveler

Eloise Williams, Nicole S Isles, Torsten Seemann, Trevor Kilpatrick, Andrew Grigg, Marcel Leroi, Benjamin P Howden, Jason C Kwong

Journal article  |  2020  |  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

There has been increased interest in using metagenomic next-generation sequencing as an unbiased approach for diagnosing infectiou..

Systematic analysis of key parameters for genomics-based real-time detection and tracking of multidrug-resistant bacteria

Claire Gorrie, Anders Goncalves Da Silva, Danielle Ingle, Charlie Higgs, Torsten Seemann, Timothy Stinear, Deborah Williamson, Jason Kwong, Lindsay Grayson, Norelle Sherry, Benjamin Howden

Journal article  |  2020

ABSTRACT Background Pairwise single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are a cornerstone for genomic approaches to multidrug-resistan..

Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using genomics

Torsten Seemann, Courtney R Lane, Norelle L Sherry, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Leon Caly, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Kristy Horan, Mark B Schultz, Tuyet Hoang, Marion Easton, Sally Dougall, Timothy P Stinear, Julian Druce, Mike Catton, Brett Sutton, Annaliese van Diemen, Charles Alpren, Deborah A Williamson, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Genomic sequencing has significant potential to inform public health management for SARS-CoV-2. Here we report high-throughput gen..

Search and Contain: Impact of an integrated genomic and epidemiological surveillance and response program for control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.

Courtney R Lane, Judith Brett, Mark Schultz, Claire L Gorrie, Kerrie Stevens, Donna RM Cameron, Siobhan St George, Annaliese van Diemen, Marion Easton, Rhonda L Stuart, Michelle Sait, Anton Y Peleg, Andrew J Stewardson, Allen C Cheng, Denis W Spelman, Mary Jo Waters, Susan A Ballard, Norelle L Sherry, Deborah A Williamson, Finn Romanes, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clin Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: Multi-resistant organisms (MROs) pose a critical threat to public health. Population-based programs for control of MRO..

Incursions of Candida auris into Australia, 2018

Courtney R Lane, Torsten Seemann, Leon J Worth, Marion Easton, William Pitchers, Jenny Wong, Donna Cameron, Francesca Azzato, Richard Bartolo, Cristina Mateevici, Caroline Marshall, Monica A Slavin, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Candida auris is an emerging global healthcare-associated pathogen. During July-December 2018, four patients with C. auris were id..

Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using genomics

Torsten Seemann, Courtney Lane, Norelle Sherry, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Leon Caly, Michelle Sait, Susan Ballard, Kristy Horan, Mark Schultz, Tuyet Hoang, Marion Easton, Sally Dougall, Tim Stinear, Julian Druce, mike Catton, Brett Sutton, Annaliese van Diemen, Charles Alpren, Deborah Williamson, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nature Communications

BACKGROUND: Whole-genome sequencing of pathogens can improve resolution of outbreak clusters and define possible transmission netw..