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Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021-September 2022.

Foulkes, Sarah; Monk, Edward J M; Sparkes, Dominic; Hettiarachchi, Nipunadi; Milligan, Iain D; Munro, Katie; Taylor-Kerr, Andrew; Platt, Naomi; Howells, Anna; Kyaw, Jerry Ye Aung; Adaji, Enemona; Gallagher, Eileen; Khawam, Jameel; Wellington, Edgar; Price, Lesley; Crossman, David; Norman, Chris; de Lacy, Elen; Cromey, Lisa; Corrigan, Diane; Lackenby, Angie; Barbero, Paola; Elegunde, Busayo; Zambon, Maria; Chand, Meera A; Brown, Colin S; Islam, Jasmin; Atti, Ana; Hopkins, Susan; Hall, Victoria J; Cole, Michelle J.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 29(1): 184-188, 2023 01.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36454718

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Since June 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study has conducted routine PCR testing in UK healthcare workers and sequenced PCR-positive samples. SIREN detected increases in infections and reinfections and delected Omicron subvariant waves emergence contemporaneous with national surveillance. SIREN's sentinel surveillance methods can be used for variant surveillance.

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COVID-19 , Humans , Animals , COVID-19/diagnosis , COVID-19/epidemiology , SARS-CoV-2/genetics , United Kingdom/epidemiology , Health Personnel , Reinfection , Urodela

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