Implementation of genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in the Caribbean: Lessons learned for sustainability in resource-limited settings.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of global genomic surveillance to monitor the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants and inform public health decision-making. Until December 2020 there was minimal capacity for viral genomic surveillance in most Caribbean countries. To overcome...

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Main Authors: Nikita S D Sahadeo, Soren Nicholls, Filipe R R Moreira, Áine O'Toole, Vernie Ramkissoon, Charles Whittaker, Verity Hill, John T McCrone, Nicholas Mohammed, Anushka Ramjag, Arianne Brown Jordan, Sarah C Hill, Risha Singh, Sue-Min Nathaniel-Girdharrie, Avery Hinds, Nuala Ramkissoon, Kris V Parag, Naresh Nandram, Roshan Parasram, Zobida Khan-Mohammed, Lisa Edghill, Lisa Indar, Aisha Andrewin, Rhonda Sealey-Thomas, Pearl McMillan, Ayoola Oyinloye, Kenneth George, Irad Potter, John Lee, David Johnson, Shawn Charles, Narine Singh, Jacquiline Bisesor-McKenzie, Hazel Laws, Sharon Belmar-George, Simone Keizer-Beache, Sharra Greenaway-Duberry, Nadia Ashwood, Jerome E Foster, Karla Georges, Rahul Naidu, Marsha Ivey, Stanley Giddings, Rajini Haraksingh, Adesh Ramsubhag, Jayaraj Jayaraman, Chinnaraja Chinnadurai, Christopher Oura, Oliver G Pybus, Joy St John, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escobar, Nuno R Faria, Christine V F Carrington
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001455