An international team launched the DeZi network to understand how the viruses spread, interact, and cause disease across Africa and Asia.

A modeling approach to assess the global risk of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 and 3 gene deletions identifies ten priority African countries for surveillance and could inform malaria control policies.

Outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in humans are driven by spillover from camels, and vaccines for camels are in development. Here, the authors use mathematical modelling to explore transmission dynamics in camels and investigate potential impacts of vaccines.

Genomic Surveillance of Cholera, Malawi, 2022–2023