Coming to America: Genomic surveillance and how B.1.1.7 arrived in the US.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.031 and PMC identifier 9751908.
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Abstract
In this issue of Cell, Washington et al. and Alpert et al. demonstrate the value of genomic surveillance when studying the introduction of the B.1.1.7 variant to the US and illustrate the challenge that results from the lack of good sampling strategies.
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- Communicable Diseases, Emerging
- Epidemiological Monitoring
- Metagenomics
- SARS-CoV-2