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COVID-19 is not the only infectious disease New Zealand wants to eliminate, and genome sequencing is a crucial tool

Written by Nigel French, Professor of Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health, Massey University

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Genome sequencing — the mapping of the genetic sequences of an organism — has helped track the spread of COVID-19 cases in Auckland, but it also plays an important role in the control of other infectious diseases in New Zealand.

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