Guidance for reporting SARS-CoV-2 sequencing results

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.)
• Description:
  Updated Apr. 9, 2021
  
  • CDC requests laboratories that are sequencing SARS-CoV-2 positive specimens to report those data to state, local, tribal, or territorial public health departments.
  
  • The technical guidance provides detailed instructions and examples for how to report SARS-CoV-2 sequencing results to state, local, tribal, or territorial public health departments.
  
  It is critically important for the nation’s COVID-19 pandemic response to understand the genetic diversity, spread, and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, including variant viruses.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  Regulatory Position on Reporting Sequencing Results to Public Health Departments -- How to Report SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing Results to Public Health Departments -- Technical Guidance for Reporting Sequencing Results to Public Health Departments -- Reporting Scenarios.
• Subjects:
  Betacoronavirus/genetics Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 RNA, Viral/genetics SARS-CoV-2/genetics Sequence Analysis, RNA
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c6f106bf5209ad2d2ed3057fc27ac553e202c375e7dbe0bf51bc80a39c263154
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/105029/cdc_105029_DS1.pdf
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