Traveler-based genomic surveillance for early detection of new SARS-CoV-2 variants Surveillance for Early Detection of New SARS-CoV-2 Variants

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Global Migration and Quarantine.
• Description:
  Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, COVID Data Tracker will not update on Friday, November 24, 2023. Regular updates will resume on Monday, November 27, 2023. ; Maps, charts, and data provided by CDC, updates Mondays and Fridays by 8 p.m. ET ; Surveillance of international air travelers can provide early detection of new and emerging infectious diseases, including new variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The Traveler-Based Genomic Surveillance Program tracks SARS-CoV-2 variants by collecting samples from international air travelers arriving from more than 25 countries at several major U.S. airports. These samples are then sent to a laboratory network for PCR testing; all positive samples undergo genomic sequencing. ; The goals of this surveillance program are to: ; • Provide an early warning system for detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants and follow trends over time ; • Fill gaps in global genomic surveillance using travelers as sentinels ; Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance is a model of pathogen detection that can be used as an early warning system for other pathogens that cause outbreaks affecting international travelers.
• Subjects:
  • Air Travel
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • COVID-19/epidemiology
  • Genomics
  • Influenza, Human/epidemiology
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections/epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2/genetics
  • Travel
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/135638/cdc_135638_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 190.97 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1ccdb61dae286614bd2a6ac53c293e635c85b60639e2ff43b98e79ec24b2c101