amr.watch – monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends from global genomics data

Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is increasingly used for pathogen surveillance, providing data on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emergence and spread. However, the potential of shared WGS data to guide interventions remains under-exploited. An interactive platform, amr.watch, uses high-quality WGS data from WHO-defined priority bacterial pathogens to analyze and visualize AMR trends. By March 2025, amr.watch included data from 620,700 pathogen genomes, enabling users to assess geotemporal trends among genotypic variants and AMR mechanisms.