Early Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants Using Traveler-based Genomic Surveillance at 4 US Airports, September 2021–January 2022. (6th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wegrzyn, Renee D; Appiah, Grace D; Morfino, Robert; Milford, Scott R; Walker, Allison Taylor; Ernst, Ezra T; Darrow, William W; Li, Siyao Lisa; Robison, Keith; MacCannell, Duncan; Dai, Dongjuan; Girinathan, Brintha P; Hicks, Allison L; Cosca, Bryan; Woronoff, Gabrielle; Plocik, Alex M; Simen, Birgitte B; Moriarty, Leah; Guagliardo, Sarah Anne J; Cetron, Martin S; Friedman, Cindy R
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 76:Number 3(2023)
• Page Start: e540
• Page End: e543
• Publication Date: 2022-07-06
• Subjects: SARS-CoV-2 -- genomic surveillance -- international travelers; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac461
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: We enrolled arriving international air travelers in a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 genomic surveillance program. We used molecular testing of pooled nasal swabs and sequenced positive samples for sublineage. Traveler-based surveillance provided early-warning variant detection, reporting the first US Omicron BA.2 and BA.3 in North America.