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August 17, 2025

Antibiotic use likely fuelled the rise of a ‘superbug’ in NZ – genomics offers a defence against the next threat

Rhys Thomas White, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science; Juliet Elvy, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science; Kristin Dyet, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science; Maria Hepi, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science; Nigel French, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Sarah Bakker, New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science

Over-subscription of a topical antibiotic likely led to the emergence of a superbug which is now the leading cause of resistant infections.

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October 20, 2024

Genome sequencing developed to trace COVID is now protecting babies in intensive care from infectious diseases

Rhys Thomas White, ESR; David Winter, ESR, and Suzanne Manning, ESR

Infectious disease control in neonatal units is often reactive, only after several babies fall ill at the same time. Proactive genome sequencing provides an early-warning system to prevent outbreaks.

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