Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequencing for informed public health decision making in the Netherlands

Autor: Oude Munnink, Bas B., Nieuwenhuijse, David F., Stein, Mart, O’Toole, Áine, Haverkate, Manon, Mollers, Madelief, Kamga, Sandra K., Schapendonk, Claudia, Pronk, Mark, Lexmond, Pascal, van der Linden, Anne, Bestebroer, Theo, Chestakova, Irina, Overmars, Ronald J., van Nieuwkoop, Stefan, Molenkamp, Richard, van der Eijk, Annemiek, GeurtsvanKessel, Corine, Vennema, Harry, Meijer, Adam, Rambaut, Andrew, van Dissel, Jaap, Sikkema, Reina S., Timen, Aura, Koopmans, Marion
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.21.050633
Popis: SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus that has rapidly spread across the globe. In the Netherlands, the first case of SARS-CoV-2 has been notified on the 27th of February. Here, we describe the first three weeks of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in the Netherlands, which started with several different introductory events from Italy, Austria, Germany and France followed by local amplification in, and later also, outside the South of the Netherlands. The timely generation of whole genome sequences combined with epidemiological investigations facilitated early decision making in an attempt to control local transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the Netherlands.
Databáze: OpenAIRE