[HTML][HTML] Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network

V Hill, G Githinji, CBF Vogels, AI Bento, C Chaguza… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic galvanized the field of virus genomic surveillance, demonstrating
its utility for public health. Now, we must harness the momentum that led to increased …

Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology

V Hill, C Ruis, S Bajaj, OG Pybus, MUG Kraemer - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Genomic epidemiology, which links pathogen genomes with associated metadata to
understand disease transmission, has become a key component of outbreak response …

The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

H Tegally, JE San, M Cotten, M Moir, B Tegomoh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Investment in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequencing
in Africa over the past year has led to a major increase in the number of sequences that …

Optimization of the SARS-CoV-2 ARTIC network V4 primers and whole genome sequencing protocol

AW Lambisia, KS Mohammed, TO Makori… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The ARTIC Network's primer set and amplicon-based protocol is one of the most
widely used SARS-CoV-2 sequencing protocol. An update to the V3 primer set was released …

Emergence and spread of a SARS-CoV-2 lineage A variant (A. 23.1) with altered spike protein in Uganda

DL Bugembe, MVT Phan, I Ssewanyana… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Here, we report SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance from March 2020 until January 2021 in
Uganda, a landlocked East African country with a population of approximately 40 million …

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 tracks early interstate transmission of P. 1 lineage and diversification within P. 2 clade in Brazil

AP Lamarca, LGP de Almeida… - PLoS neglected …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The sharp increase of COVID-19 cases in late 2020 has made Brazil the new epicenter of
the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. The novel viral lineages P. 1 (Variant of Concern …

Epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of COVID-19 vaccination in Kenya

S Orangi, J Ojal, SPC Brand, C Orlendo, A Kairu… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Background A few studies have assessed the epidemiological impact and the cost-
effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in settings where most of the population had been …

Future-proofing and maximizing the utility of metadata: The PHA4GE SARS-CoV-2 contextual data specification package

EJ Griffiths, RE Timme, CI Mendes, AJ Page… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology
(PHA4GE)(https://pha4ge. org) is a global coalition that is actively working to establish …

A SARS-CoV-2 lineage A variant (A. 23.1) with altered spike has emerged and is dominating the current Uganda epidemic

DL Bugembe, M VT Phan, I Ssewanyana, P Semanda… - MedRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Introductory paragraph SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Uganda provides an
opportunity to provide a focused description of the virus evolution in a small landlocked East …

Imported SARS-COV-2 variants of concern drove spread of infections across Kenya during the second year of the pandemic

C Nasimiyu, D Matoke-Muhia, GK Rono, E Osoro… - Covid, 2022 - mdpi.com
Using classical and genomic epidemiology, we tracked the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
over 23 months to determine the impact of SARS-CoV-2 variants on its progression. SARS …