Genomic epidemiology, which links pathogen genomes with associated metadata to understand disease transmission, has become a key component of outbreak response …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Abstract Background The Public Health Alliance for Genomic Epidemiology (PHA4GE)(https://pha4ge. org) is a global coalition that is actively working to establish …
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 …
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 …