Monitoring International Travelers Arriving in Hong Kong for Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Gu, Haogao ; Cheng, Samuel S.M. ; Krishnan, Pavithra ; Ng, Daisy Y.M. ; Chang, Lydia D.J ; Liu, Gigi Y.Z. ; Cheuk, Sammi S.Y. ; Hui, Mani M.Y. ; Fan, Mathew C.Y. ; Wan, Jacob H.L. ; Lau, Leo H.K. ; Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Dhanasekaran, Vijaykrishna ; Peiris, Malik ; Poon, Leo L.M.
• Description:
  We sequenced ≈50% of coronavirus disease cases imported to Hong Kong during March-July 2021 and identified 70 cases caused by Delta variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The genomic diversity detected in Hong Kong was similar to global diversity, suggesting travel hubs can play a substantial role in surveillance.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Genomics Humans Mass Screening Sars-Cov-2 Travel
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(1):247-250
• Pubmed ID:
  34932453
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8714226
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  75N93021C00016/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 AI151810/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Place as Subject:
  Hong Kong
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:017d5d5149705ce156e0b537f207195d3dbc624213d3098aaf74f3415af192c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/113346/cdc_113346_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.09 MB ]