Combined epidemiology and genetic sequencing surveillance in the era of COVID-19 pandemic; Abu Dhabi experience, United Arab Emirates.
Infect Genet Evol
; 109: 105411, 2023 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2227044
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
United Arab Emirates, has reported the first case of COVID-19 in January 2020 and by October 2022, a total of 1 Million cases and 2348 deaths due to COVID-19 have been reported. The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center, has led a novel initiative to conduct a large scale genomic surveillance project. The aim of this surveillance project is to generate data to guide public health pandemic response decision making.METHODS:
Samples mainly from the community, points of entry to the emirate and healthcare facilities were collected for surveillance using both targeted PCR and/or Genome sequence analysis. Sample criteria were defined and specific metadata were collected in parallel. Using the unique identifiers and through the available datasets, epidemiological and clinical data were integrated.RESULTS:
A total of 385,191 sample undertake analysis (from January 2021 to October 2022) either genotyping and/or sequence analysis. The most frequently encountered lineages in the community and among severe cases were reported.CONCLUSIONS:
Genomic surveillance is a major tool essential for guiding public health measures throughout the pandemic.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Infect Genet Evol
Journal subject:
Biology
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Communicable Diseases
/
Genetics
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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