The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform – towards a nation-wide One Health data exchange platform for bacterial, viral and fungal genomics and associated metadata
Aitana Neves, Daniel Walther, Trinidad Martín-Campos, Valérie Barbié, Claire Bertelli, Dominique Blanc, Gérard Bouchet, Frédéric Erard, Gilbert Greub, Hans H. Hirsch, Michael Huber, Laurent Kaiser, Stephen L. Leib, Karoline Leuzinger, Vladimir Lazarević, Mirjam Mäusezahl, Jorge Molina, Richard A. Neher, Vincent Perreten, Alban Ramette, Tim Roloff, Jacques Schrenzel, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Roger Stephan, Dillenn Terumalai, Fanny Wegner, Adrian Egli
Abstract
The Swiss Pathogen Surveillance Platform (SPSP) is a shared secure surveillance platform between human and veterinary medicine, to also include environmental and foodborne isolates. It enables rapid and detailed transmission monitoring and outbreak surveillance of pathogens using whole genome sequencing data and associated metadata. It features controlled data access, complex dynamic queries, dedicated dashboards and automated data sharing with international repositories, providing actionable results for public health and the vision to improve societal well-being and health.