The briefing
WHO’s South-East Asia Regional Office and India’s CSIR-IGIB hosted a five-day workshop in New Delhi to build capacity in dengue genome sequencing and bioinformatics. Participants from Bhutan, Nepal, and Timor-Leste trained on end-to-end workflows to track viral lineages and inform responses. The effort addresses rising dengue incidence and aims to strengthen regional surveillance networks.
Original headline
From sequencing to surveillance: WHO SEARO and CSIR-IGIB host regional workshop on dengue genomics