Genomic Surveillance: What It Is and Why We Need More of It to Track the Coronavirus and Help End the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Alexander Sundermann.; Lee Harrison.; Vaughn Cooper.
Source: Volume 22, Number 03, Summer 2021 , pp.72-72(1)
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Abstract:
This article examines the potential for variant tracking using genomic surveillance. Unlike a COVID-19 test that diagnoses infection, genetic sequencing decodes the genome of SARS-CoV-2 virus in samples from patients. Knowing the genome sequence helps researchers understand two important things—how the virus is mutating into variants and how it’s traveling from person to person.Keywords: Genome Sequencing; Variant Tracking
Affiliations:
1: University of Pittsburgh; 2: University of Pittsburgh; 3: University of Pittsburgh.