Real-Time Genomics for Tracking Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Border Incursions after Virus Elimination, New Zealand

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Douglas, Jordan ; Geoghegan, Jemma L. ; Hadfield, James ; Bouckaert, Remco ; Storey, Matthew ; Ren, Xiaoyun ; de Ligt, Joep ; French, Nigel ; Welch, David
• Description:
  Since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 was first eliminated in New Zealand in May 2020, a total of 13 known coronavirus disease (COVID-19) community outbreaks have occurred, 2 of which led health officials to issue stay-at-home orders. These outbreaks originated at the border via isolating returnees, airline workers, and cargo vessels. Because a public health system was informed by real-time viral genomic sequencing and complete genomes typically were available within 12 hours of community-based positive COVID-19 test results, every outbreak was well-contained. A total of 225 community cases resulted in 3 deaths. Real-time genomics were essential for establishing links between cases when epidemiologic data could not do so and for identifying when concurrent outbreaks had different origins.
• Subjects:
  • Covid-19
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Genomics
  • Humans
  • Sars-Cov-2
  • Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(9):2361-2368
• Pubmed ID:
  34424164
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8386796
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Zealand
• Location:
  Oceania
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/109723/cdc_109723_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.64 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fadc007052fcba4a76a2328891ba955a473390a1cd4c4a414eb1c854ab4e2921