SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in a hospital and control of an outbreak on a geriatric ward using whole genome sequencing

• Main Authors: Hanno Schmidt (Author), Niels Lemmermann (Author), Matthias Linke (Author), Sven-Ernö Bikár (Author), Stefan Runkel (Author), Susann Schweiger-Seemann (Author), Susanne Gerber (Author), André Michel (Author), Thomas Hankeln (Author), Marina Veith (Author), Wolfgang Kohnen (Author), Bodo Plachter (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, dominant viral variants were repeatedly replaced by new variants with altered properties, frequently changing the dynamics of the infection event, as well as the effectiveness of vaccines and therapeutics. SARS-CoV-2 variant monitoring by whole ge...