Combined epidemiology and genetic sequencing surveillance in the era of COVID-19 pandemic; Abu Dhabi experience, United Arab Emirates.
In: Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, Jg. 109 (2023-04-01), S. 105411
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Background: United Arab Emirates, has reported the first case of COVID-19 in January 2020 and by October 2022, a total of 1 Million cases and 2348 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported. The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, has led a novel initiative to conduct a large scale genomic surveillance project. The aim of this surveillance project is to generate data to guide public health pandemic response decision making.
Methods: Samples mainly from the community, points of entry to the emirate and healthcare facilities were collected for surveillance using both targeted PCR and/or Genome sequence analysis. Sample criteria were defined and specific metadata were collected in parallel. Using the unique identifiers and through the available datasets, epidemiological and clinical data were integrated.
Results: A total of 385,191 sample undertake analysis (from January 2021 to October 2022) either genotyping and/or sequence analysis. The most frequently encountered lineages in the community and among severe cases were reported.
Conclusions: Genomic surveillance is a major tool essential for guiding public health measures throughout the pandemic.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest No Conflict of interest to be disclosed.
(Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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Combined epidemiology and genetic sequencing surveillance in the era of COVID-19 pandemic; Abu Dhabi experience, United Arab Emirates.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Abuyadek, R ; Amirtharaj, F ; Al Marzooqi, S ; Mahmoud, S ; Al Hosani, F |
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Zeitschrift: | Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, Jg. 109 (2023-04-01), S. 105411 |
Veröffentlichung: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, c2001-, 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1567-7257 (electronic) |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.meegid.2023.105411 |
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