Whole genome sequencing of bacterial samples collected from HATUA sites.. HATUA Sample Genomes

HATUA stands for Holistic Approach To Unravel Antimicrobial resistance. The HATUA consortium combines expertise in microbiology, pathogen genomics, epidemiology, human geography, anthropology, sociology, computational biology and statistics across 7 institutions, from three East African countries, the UK and the United States. By taking the Swahili word ‘hatua’ (meaning ‘step’ or ‘action’) as inspiration for its acronym, the team aims to uncover and address the social and biological drivers of antibiotic resistance in multiple sites in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, using the clinical prism of urinary tract infection (UTI). We sequenced the whole genomes of our bacterial samples to identify their precise taxonomic classification and query their antimicrobial resistance-contributing elements.