e-Article
Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021–September 2022
Document Type
article
Author
Sarah Foulkes; Edward J.M. Monk; Dominic Sparkes; Nipunadi Hettiarachchi; Iain D. Milligan; Katie Munro; Andrew Taylor-Kerr; Naomi Platt; Anna Howells; Jerry Ye Aung Kyaw; Enemona Adaji; Eileen Gallagher; Jameel Khawam; Edgar Wellington; Lesley Price; David Crossman; Chris Norman; Elen de Lacy; Lisa Cromey; Diane Corrigan; Angie Lackenby; Paola Barbero; Busayo Elegunde; Maria Zambon; Meera A. Chand; Colin S. Brown; Jasmin Islam; Ana Atti; Susan Hopkins; Victoria J. Hall; Michelle J. Cole
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 184-188 (2023)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
Abstract
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 detected Omicron subvariant emergence contemporaneous with national surveillance. SIREN methodology can be used for variant surveillance.