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Current Organisations
Colorado State University , Johns Hopkins University , Yale School of Public Health , Western Michigan University

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Publications

Publication

Tracking virus outbreaks in the twenty-first century

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 13-12-2018

DOI: 10.1038/S41564-018-0296-2

Publication

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Date: 24-05-2017

DOI: 10.1038/NATURE22401

Publication

Global disparities in SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Date: 26-08-2021

DOI: 10.1101/2021.08.21.21262393

Abstract: Genomic sequencing provides critical information to track the evolution and spread of SARS-CoV-2, optimize molecular tests, treatments and vaccines, and guide public health responses. To investigate the spatiotemporal heterogeneity in the global SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance, we estimated the impact of sequencing intensity and turnaround times (TAT) on variant detection in 167 countries. Most countries submit genomes days after s le collection, and 77% of low and middle income countries sequenced .5% of their cases. We found that sequencing at least 0.5% of the cases, with a TAT days, could be a benchmark for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance efforts. Socioeconomic inequalities substantially impact our ability to quickly detect SARS-CoV-2 variants, and undermine the global pandemic preparedness. Socioeconomic inequalities impacted the SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance, and undermined the global pandemic preparedness.