A response playbook for early detection and population surveillance of new SARS-CoV-2 variants in a regional public health laboratory

• Main Authors: Hannah J. Barbian (Author), Alyse Kittner (Author), Richard Teran (Author), Sofiya Bobrovska (Author), Xueting Qiu (Author), Kayla English (Author), Stefan J. Green (Author), Isaac Ghinai (Author), Massimo Pacilli (Author), Mary K. Hayden (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Timely genomic surveillance is required to inform public health responses to new SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, the processes involved in local genomic surveillance introduce inherent time constraints. The Regional Innovative Public Health Laboratory in Chicago developed and emplo...