Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021-September 2022.

Authors :: Foulkes S
Monk EJM
Sparkes D
Hettiarachchi N
Milligan ID
Munro K
Taylor-Kerr A
Platt N
Howells A
Kyaw JYA
Adaji E
Gallagher E
Khawam J
Wellington E
Price L
Crossman D
Norman C
de Lacy E
Cromey L
Corrigan D
Lackenby A
Barbero P
Elegunde B
Zambon M
Chand MA
Brown CS
Islam J
Atti A
Hopkins S
Hall VJ
Cole MJ
Source :: Emerging infectious diseases [Emerg Infect Dis] 2023 Jan; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 184-188. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 01.
Publication Year :: 2023
Abstract: Since June 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study has conducted routine PCR testing in UK healthcare workers and sequenced PCR-positive samples. SIREN detected increases in infections and reinfections and delected Omicron subvariant waves emergence contemporaneous with national surveillance. SIREN's sentinel surveillance methods can be used for variant surveillance.

Subjects :: Humans
Animals
SARS-CoV-2 genetics
United Kingdom epidemiology
Health Personnel
Reinfection
Urodela
COVID-19 diagnosis
COVID-19 epidemiology

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