Two Years of Genomic Surveillance in Belgium during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Attain Country-Wide Coverage and Monitor the Introduction and Spread of Emerging Variants

Two Years of Genomic Surveillance in Belgium during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Attain Country-Wide Coverage and Monitor the Introduction and Spread of Emerging Variants

An adequate SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance strategy has proven to be essential for countries to obtain a thorough understanding of the variants and lineages being imported and successfully established within their borders. During 2020, genomic surveillance in Belgium was not structurally implemente...

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Main Authors: Lize Cuypers, Simon Dellicour, Samuel L. Hong, Barney I. Potter, Bruno Verhasselt, Nick Vereecke, Laurens Lambrechts, Keith Durkin, Vincent Bours, Sofieke Klamer, Guillaume Bayon-Vicente, Carl Vael, Kevin K. Ariën, Ricardo De Mendonca, Oriane Soetens, Charlotte Michel, Bertrand Bearzatto, Reinout Naesens, Jeremie Gras, Anne Vankeerberghen, Veerle Matheeussen, Geert Martens, Dagmar Obbels, Ann Lemmens, Bea Van den Poel, Ellen Van Even, Klara De Rauw, Luc Waumans, Marijke Reynders, Jonathan Degosserie, Piet Maes, Emmanuel André, Guy Baele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
SARS-CoV-2
COVID-19
Belgium
genomic surveillance
next-generation sequencing
variants of concern
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/10/2301

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