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Genomic epidemiology data infrastructure needs for SARS-CoV-2 : modernizing pandemic response strategies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), author.
- Series:
- Consensus study report.
- Consensus study report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- COVID-19 (Disease)--Epidemiology.
- COVID-19 (Disease).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (111 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- In December 2019, new cases of severe pneumonia were first detected in Wuhan, China, and the cause was determined to be a novel beta coronavirus related to the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus that emerged from a bat reservoir in 2002. Within six months, this new virus--SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)--has spread worldwide, infecting at least 10 million people with an estimated 500,000 deaths. COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, was declared a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and a pandemic on March 11, 2020. To date, there is no approved effective treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, and it continues to spread in many countries.
- Genomic Epidemiology Data Infrastructure Needs for SARS-CoV-2: Modernizing Pandemic Response Strategies lays out a framework to define and describe the data needs for a system to track and correlate viral genome sequences with clinical and epidemiological data. Such a system would help ensure the integration of data on viral evolution with detection, diagnostic, and countermeasure efforts. This report also explores data collection mechanisms to ensure a representative global sample set of all relevant extant sequences and considers challenges and opportunities for coordination across existing domestic, global, and regional data sources.-- Publisher's website.
- Contents:
- Application of genomic epidemiology in previous infectious disease outbreaks
- Current genomic epidemiology efforts related to SARS-CoV-2
- Framework to track and correlate viral genome sequences with clinical and epidemiological data
- Governance and regulatory considerations
- Appendix A: Committee biosketches
- Appendix B: Public committee meeting agendas
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-309-68094-8
- 0-309-68092-1
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