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Public health microbiology by reference laboratories

Chairs: Wanda Han & Alewijn Ott

14:00 – 14:18 National SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance and phenotypic characterization of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants; lessons learned and future perspectives
Dirk Eggink, RIVM, The Netherlands & Bart Haagmans, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands

14:18 – 14:36 Differences in Neisseria gonorrhoeae sequence types between strains from young women and from men who have sex with men and risk of introduction of ceftriaxone-resistance in these populations
Alje van Dam, Streeklaboratorium GGD Amsterdam, The Netherlands

14:36 – 14:54 The one health problem of resistant Aspergillus fumigatus
Auke de Jong , RIVM, The Netherlands & Bo Briggeman, WUR, The Netherlands

14:54 – 15:15 Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a national database for the rapid and accurate prediction of drug susceptibility and the detection of (local) transmission clusters
Richard Anthony, RIVM, The Netherlands