Canada’s 2025 AMR priority pathogens: Evidence-based ranking and public health implications

Kahina Abdesselam; Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka; Pia K. Muchaal; Kanchana Amaratunga; Aanchal Mishra; Rashmi Narkar; Anna-Louise Crago; Tanya Lary

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0330128

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Canada’s 2025 AMR priority pathogens: Evidence-based ranking and public health implications

Kahina Abdesselam ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kahina.abdesselam@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-0422

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Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5252-1256

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Pia K. Muchaal ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Kanchana Amaratunga ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Aanchal Mishra ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Rashmi Narkar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Applied Public Health Sciences Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada
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Anna-Louise Crago ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Tanya Lary

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Canada’s 2025 AMR priority pathogens: Evidence-based ranking and public health implications

Kahina Abdesselam,
Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka,
Pia K. Muchaal,
Kanchana Amaratunga,
Aanchal Mishra,
Rashmi Narkar,
Anna-Louise Crago,
Tanya Lary

Published: September 17, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0330128

About the Authors

Kahina Abdesselam

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kahina.abdesselam@phac-aspc.gc.ca

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0929-0422

Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5252-1256

Pia K. Muchaal

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kanchana Amaratunga

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Aanchal Mishra

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Rashmi Narkar

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Applied Public Health Sciences Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Anna-Louise Crago

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Tanya Lary

Contributed equally to this work with: Kahina Abdesselam, Raymond-Jonas Ngendabanka, Pia K. Muchaal, Kanchana Amaratunga, Aanchal Mishra, Rashmi Narkar, Anna-Louise Crago, Tanya Lary

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Antimicrobial Resistant Task Force, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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