2022
Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance
Brito A, Semenova E, Dudas G, Hassler G, Kalinich C, Kraemer M, Ho J, Tegally H, Githinji G, Agoti C, Matkin L, Whittaker C, Howden B, Sintchenko V, Zuckerman N, Mor O, Blankenship H, de Oliveira T, Lin R, Siqueira M, Resende P, Vasconcelos A, Spilki F, Aguiar R, Alexiev I, Ivanov I, Philipova I, Carrington C, Sahadeo N, Branda B, Gurry C, Maurer-Stroh S, Naidoo D, von Eije K, Perkins M, van Kerkhove M, Hill S, Sabino E, Pybus O, Dye C, Bhatt S, Flaxman S, Suchard M, Grubaugh N, Baele G, Faria N. Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance. Nature Communications 2022, 13: 7003. PMID: 36385137, PMCID: PMC9667854, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33713-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillanceMiddle-income countriesHigh-income countriesGenomic surveillanceSARS-CoV-2Global pandemic preparednessPublic health responseCOVID-19 casesPandemic preparednessHealth responseMolecular testsSocioeconomic inequalitiesTurnaround timeIncome countriesSurveillanceGlobal disparitiesDaysGenomic sequencingVaccine
2021
Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States
Alpert T, Brito AF, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Rothman J, Valesano AL, MacKay MJ, Petrone ME, Breban MI, Watkins AE, Vogels CBF, Kalinich CC, Dellicour S, Russell A, Kelly JP, Shudt M, Plitnick J, Schneider E, Fitzsimmons WJ, Khullar G, Metti J, Dudley JT, Nash M, Beaubier N, Wang J, Liu C, Hui P, Muyombwe A, Downing R, Razeq J, Bart SM, Grills A, Morrison SM, Murphy S, Neal C, Laszlo E, Rennert H, Cushing M, Westblade L, Velu P, Craney A, Cong L, Peaper DR, Landry ML, Cook PW, Fauver JR, Mason CE, Lauring AS, St George K, MacCannell DR, Grubaugh ND. Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States. Cell 2021, 184: 2595-2604.e13. PMID: 33891875, PMCID: PMC8018830, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7Global public health concernPublic health concernPublic health responseCOVID-19 casesLineage B.1.1.7Variant B.1.1.7Health responseHealth concernB.1.1.7Increased transmissibilityEarly introductionGenomic surveillanceUnited StatesDiagnostic dataDominant lineage