Coming to America: Genomic surveillance and how B.1.1.7 arrived in the US
Author(s) -
Xueting Qiu,
William P. Hanage,
Bradford P. Taylor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2021.04.031
Subject(s) - biology , pandemic , lineage (genetic) , genealogy , transmission (telecommunications) , evolutionary biology , genome , value (mathematics) , genetics , covid-19 , gene , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , history , medicine , pathology , machine learning , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering
In this issue of Cell, Washington et al. and Alpert et al. demonstrate the value of genomic surveillance when studying the introduction of the B.1.1.7 variant to the US and illustrate the challenge that results from the lack of good sampling strategies.
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