Review

Within a collaboration established 5 years ago between the Dutch VWS and the Chinese Ministery of Health, the Chinese CDC and the Department of Medical Microbiology (MMB) of the University of Groningen/UMCG performed a workshop on Sequenced based typing at the China CDC in Beijing on 21 to 24th of October 2012.



Prof. Grundmann and Prof. Friedrich, together with researchers from the department gave input in theoretical background of using sequenced-based typing for the molecular epidemiology of MRSA and peformed a laboratory workshop on sequenced-based typing (spa typing).
Results and expertise from the international SeqNet.org initiative which is coordinated by MMB in Groningen was used.
Around 100 participants from the China CDC, the university of Beijing and Public health laboratories of the different Chinese Provinces attended the meeting.
The major goal was building up capacity for sequenced-based typing, in order to collaborate and do research within the SeqNet.org network and setting up a Sequencing-network in China and in Groningen using today spa-typing and tomorrow next-generation sequencing.