Toni Whistler

Biographic Data

ID7007914
NAMEToni Whistler
GIVEN NAMESToni
FAMILY NAMEWhistler
SIGNATUREWHISTLER T
AFFILIATIONSGlobal Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
ORCID0000-0002-7250-908X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics capacity

    Open AccessAshley Bolding, Silvia Argimón et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Next-generation sequencing (NGS) and bioinformatics are critical to infectious disease surveillance, outbreak detection and response, and the research and development of medical countermeasures. Achieving sustainable genomic surveillance requires countries to develop costed national strategies that integrate financial planning and budgeting across sequencing and bioinformatics activities. The genomics costing tool (GCT) was initially developed to…

  • Genomics costing tool

    Open AccessMarco Marklewitz, Alexandr Jaguparov et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Next-generation sequencing (NGS) is crucial for monitoring and investigating infectious disease outbreaks, providing essential data for public health decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly expanded pathogen sequencing and bioinformatics capacities worldwide, creating an opportunity to leverage these advancements for other pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential. In response to the need for a systematic cost estimation approach …

  • Diagnostics for detection and surveillance of priority epidemic-prone diseases in Africa

    Open AccessAytenew Ashenafi, Olajumoke Sule et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    In 2023, Africa experienced 180 public health emergencies, of which 90% were infectious diseases and 75% were related to zoonotic diseases. Testing capacity for epidemic-prone diseases is essential to enable rapid and accurate identification of causative agents, and for action to prevent disease spread. Moreover, testing is pivotal in monitoring disease transmission, evaluating public health interventions and informing targeted resource allocatio…

  • Investing in health preparedness, response and resilience

    Open AccessOluwatosin Akande, Babak Afrough et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    The world has seen unprecedented gains in the global genomic surveillance capacities for pathogens with pandemic and epidemic potential within the last 4 years. To strengthen and sustain the gains made, WHO is working with countries and partners to implement the Global Genomic Surveillance Strategy for Pathogens with Pandemic and Epidemic Potential 2022–2032. A key technical product developed through these multi-agency collaborative efforts is a …

  • Etiologies of influenza-like illness and severe acute respiratory infections in Tanzania, 2017–2019

    Open AccessMaria Ezekiely Kelly, Radhika Gharpure et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    In 2016, Tanzania expanded sentinel surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) to include testing for non-influenza respiratory viruses (NIRVs) and additional respiratory pathogens at 9 sentinel sites. During 2017–2019, respiratory specimens from 2730 cases underwent expanded testing: 2475 specimens (90.7%) were tested using a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-developed assay co…

  • Population-based bloodstream infection surveillance in rural Thailand, 2007–2014

    Open AccessJulia Rhodes, Possawat Jorakate et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2019

    Population-based surveillance documented CO BSI incidence estimates higher than previously reported from Thailand and the region, with temporal increases seen in older populations. The most commonly observed pathogens including resistance profiles were similar to leading pathogens and resistance profiles worldwide, thus; prevention strategies with demonstrated success elsewhere may prove effective in Thailand