The contract aims to improve standardized laboratory procedures for detecting biothreat agents, arboviruses, and antibiotic-resistant organisms from contrived, environmental, zoonotic, or patient samples. It also seeks to develop detailed consensus genomes for an expanded subset of regional pathogens of concern. The contractor will provide a bioinformatic platform to identify novel emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the region. These efforts support samples collected under the NAMRU INDO PACIFIC Biosurveillance program.