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The Broad Street Pump newsletter provides up-to-date information about important or interesting communicable disease outbreaks and measures taken to identify and control them; epidemiological trends; and new developments in diagnosis and typing of pathogens of public health importance.

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Broad Street Pump - August 2022 - Issue 57
15 Mar 2023

Feature article: Genomic variation in Bordetella spp. following induction of erythromycin resistance.

The Broad Street Pump - April 2022 - Issue 56
26 Apr 2022

Feature article: Sotrovimab shown to cause COVID-19 treatment-resistance mutations.

The Broad Street Pump - July 2021 - Issue 55
5 Aug 2021

Phage Australia: Integrating Australian Phage Banking and Therapeutic Networks and Delivering Solutions for Antimicrobial Resistance.

The Broad Street Pump - April 2021 - Issue 54
30 Apr 2021

Added value of whole genome sequencing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance detection.

The Broad Street Pump - May 2020 - Issue 53
11 May 2020

Feature article: Evolution of COVID-19 testing criteria and methods in NSW; A powerful duo: Revealing COVID-19 transmission by SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and agent based modelling and CIDM-PH in the spotlight.

The Broad Street Pump - September 2019 - Issue 52
11 Oct 2019

From shoe-string to reference laboratory - testing for Hepatitis C virus antiviral drug resistance at Westmead Hospital.

The Broad Street Pump - June 2019 - Issue 51
14 Jun 2019

Issue highlights include: Laboratory diagnosis of measles virus – a change in paradigm? Staff Profile Dr Eby Sim and upcoming events.

The Broad Street Pump - March 2019 - Issue 50
23 May 2019

Issue highlights include: The 2016 Sydney outbreak of legionellosis, Dr Nathan Bachmann's visit to Harvard University Boston, where he worked with Dr Ashlee Earl’s research team. Staff Profile – Winkie Fong.

The Broad Street Pump - December 2018 - Issue 49
11 Jan 2019

Dual DNA barcoding using the primary (ITS1/2 region) and the secondary fungal DNA barcode (translational elongation factor 1a (TEF1a)) – the basis of fast and accurate identification of mycotic agents.

The Broad Street Pump - July 2018 - Issue 48
31 Jul 2018

Issue highlights include: The Landscape Epidemiology of Ross River Virus, Disease Outbreaks in Australia,Advances in the Biology and Management of Modern Bed Bugs and Staff Profile of Dr Justin Beardsley.

The Broad Street Pump - May 2018 - Issue 47
10 May 2018

Issue highlights include: Emergence of multidrug and col-istin resistant monophasic Salmo-nella Sequence Type 34 in New South Wales, 2018 Summer School in Pathogen Genomics and Global Health and congratulations to Professor Tania Sorrell.

The Broad Street Pump - August 2017 - Issue 46
8 Sep 2017

Issue highlights include: Translating pathogen genomics into improved public health outcomes, Differentiation between enteroinvasive Esherichia coli (EIEC) and Shigella using multiplex PCR and A nested environmental approach to typhoid epidemiology in Fiji.

The Broad Street Pump - April 2017 - Issue 45
2 May 2017

Issue highlights include: Post vaccine genomic evolution of serogroup 19 invasive pneumococcal isolates in NSW, Translational Research Grant Update, Sydney Summer School in Pathogen Genomics and Congratulations to MBI's Professor Lyn Gilbert AO Australia Day Honours 2017.

The Broad Street Pump - October 2016 - Issue 44
31 Oct 2016

Issue highlights include; Foodborne Diseases: Changing Epidemiology and Disease Control, A BERRY BAD SIGN: Public Heath Perspectives of a Hepatitis A Outbreak and $10.2 million for life-changing research

The Broad Street Pump - June 2016 - Issue 43
7 Jun 2016

Issue highlights include; Advancing the One/Eco Health agenda in Australia, Honors research project investigates public knowledge and attitudes about antibiotic resistance in Sydney and The epidemiology of antibiotic resistance: an Escherichia coli perspective

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