Global variation in sequencing impedes SARS-CoV-2 surveillance
Dana C. Crawford, Scott M. Williams
Abstract
Surveillance is essential to successful, rapid response of infectious disease outbreaks. While public health surveillance has historically focused on monitoring clinical cases and consequences of infection (e.g., case reports and hospitalizations) Despite the availability and ubiquity of sequencing in several countries, the adoption of genomics as a strategy for pathogen surveillance has been slow, difficult, and inconsistent.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyBottleneckGenomicsOutbreakPandemicDNA sequencingInfectious disease (medical specialty)Precision medicineDisease surveillanceWhole genome sequencingPublic healthGenomeData scienceGeneticsDiseaseCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)VirologyMedicineComputer scienceGeneEmbedded systemPathologyNursingSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingGenomics and Rare Diseases