ISSN 2756-3340
African Journal of Infectious Diseases Research Vol. 2 (3), pp. 073-079, March, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Review
Emphasis on imperativeness of genomics related research in the areas of infectious diseases
*Isingoma Rukudi and Jonam Alur
Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyambogo University, Kampala, Buganda.
E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 03 February, 2015
Abstract
Sequencing of the human and other species genomes has generated a downstream of sciences that have taken advantage of this knowledge to generate vital links between diseases and genetic variants. Sub-Saharan Africa and many developing countries form the major epicenters for Infectious diseases. Here, the role that genomics may hold in the area of infectious diseases research is emphasized in five blocks: phenotype evaluation studies, evolutionary trends’ studies across microbial and host genomes, idiopathic association or host susceptibility studies to disease, therapeutics or vaccine research insights, as well as the development of novel molecular diagnostics.
Key words: Genomics, infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis.