Module 1.4 – Emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2

What to know

This module introduces basic concepts relevant to the emergence of new SARS-CoV-2 variants and the role of sequencing in their detection and definition.

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Module 1.4

Presenter: Michael Weigand, PhD | Bioinformatician, ob体育
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Further Reading

  1. About variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. ob体育.
  2. Genomic surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 variants. ob体育.
  4. Hamblin. The Atlantic, 2021.
  5. Corum and Zimmer. New York Times, 2021.
  6. Lauring and Hodcroft. JAMA, 2021.

Additional Resources

  5. Hodcroft, et al. Nature, 2020.
  6. Alpert, et al. Cell, 2021.
  7. Linked Clusters of SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.351 — Maryland, January–February 2021.
  8. Skidmore, et al. medRxiv, 2021.
  9. van Dorp, et al. Infect Genet Evol, Sept 2020.
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