A collaborative approach to improving representation in viral genomic surveillance.

• Main Authors: Paul Y Kim (Author), Audrey Y Kim (Author), Jamie J Newman (Author), Eleonora Cella (Author), Thomas C Bishop (Author), Peter J Huwe (Author), Olga N Uchakina (Author), Robert J McKallip (Author), Vance L Mack (Author), Marnie P Hill (Author), Ifedayo Victor Ogungbe (Author), Olawale Adeyinka (Author), Samuel Jones (Author), Gregory Ware (Author), Jennifer Carroll (Author), Jarrod F Sawyer (Author), Kenneth H Densmore (Author), Michael Foster (Author), Lescia Valmond (Author), John Thomas (Author), Taj Azarian (Author), Krista Queen (Author), Jeremy P Kamil (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The lack of routine viral genomic surveillance delayed the initial detection of SARS-CoV-2, allowing the virus to spread unfettered at the outset of the U.S. epidemic. Over subsequent months, poor surveillance enabled variants to emerge unnoticed. Against this backdrop, long-standing social and raci...