Collaboration Details

Title of Collaborative Activity:

Partnership for Tuberculosis (TB) and TB/HIV Research -2

Description of Collaborative Activity:

Support for whole genome sequencing (WGS) of isolates and bioinformatics/analytic support for WGS to characterize TB drug resistance mutations. This is a joint CDC/NIAID effort to develop a comprehensive database of resistance polymorphisms and phenotypic correlations from clinical samples from various sites worldwide.

Type of Collaborative Activity:

Resource Development

Year the Collaborative Activity Originated:

2014

NIH Participating Institutes/Centers/Office of the Director:

NIAID

HHS Agency Collaborators on this Activity:

CDC