Using genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 to support contact tracing and public health surveillance in rural Humboldt County, California

• Main Authors: Gunnar Stoddard (Author), Allison Black (Author), Patrick Ayscue (Author), Dan Lu (Author), Jack Kamm (Author), Karan Bhatt (Author), Lienna Chan (Author), Amy L Kistler (Author), Joshua Batson (Author), Angela Detweiler (Author), Michelle Tan (Author), Norma Neff (Author), Joseph L DeRisi (Author), Jeremy Corrigan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic within the United States, much of the responsibility for diagnostic testing and epidemiologic response has relied on the action of county-level departments of public health. Here we describe the integration of genomic surveillance into epidemiologic r...