Genomic surveillance during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic – country experience and lessons learned from Türkiye

BackgroundTürkiye confirmed its first case of SARS-CoV-2 on March 11, 2020, coinciding with the declaration of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, Türkiye swiftly increased testing capacity and implemented genomic sequencing in 2020. This paper describes Türkiye’s journey of establishing gen...

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Main Authors: Süleyman Yalçın, Yasemin Coşgun, Ege Dedeoğlu, Katharina Kopp, Fatma Bayrakdar, Gültekin Ünal, Biran Musul, Ekrem Sağtaş, Gülay Korukluoğlu, Philomena Raftery, Sedat Kaygusuz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1332109/full