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Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region

The timely release of SARS-CoV-2 first genomic sequences allowed the identification of the etiologic agent and development of diagnostic protocols. Genomic sequencing was a crucial step in generating data for driving laboratory response and detections of SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the COVID-19 pa...

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Autores principales: Leite, Juliana Almeida, Vicari, Andrea, Perez, Enrique, Siqueira, Marilda, Resende, Paola, Motta, Fernando Couto, Freitas, Lucas, Fernandez, Jorge, Parra, Barbara, Castillo, Andrés, Fasce, Rodrigo, Martinez Caballero, Alexander Augusto, Gresh, Lionel, Aldighieri, Sylvain, Gabastou, Jean-Marc, Franco, Leticia, Mendez-Rico, Jairo
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8893691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35239677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252526
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author Leite, Juliana Almeida
Vicari, Andrea
Perez, Enrique
Siqueira, Marilda
Resende, Paola
Motta, Fernando Couto
Freitas, Lucas
Fernandez, Jorge
Parra, Barbara
Castillo, Andrés
Fasce, Rodrigo
Martinez Caballero, Alexander Augusto
Gresh, Lionel
Aldighieri, Sylvain
Gabastou, Jean-Marc
Franco, Leticia
Mendez-Rico, Jairo
author_facet Leite, Juliana Almeida
Vicari, Andrea
Perez, Enrique
Siqueira, Marilda
Resende, Paola
Motta, Fernando Couto
Freitas, Lucas
Fernandez, Jorge
Parra, Barbara
Castillo, Andrés
Fasce, Rodrigo
Martinez Caballero, Alexander Augusto
Gresh, Lionel
Aldighieri, Sylvain
Gabastou, Jean-Marc
Franco, Leticia
Mendez-Rico, Jairo
author_sort Leite, Juliana Almeida
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description The timely release of SARS-CoV-2 first genomic sequences allowed the identification of the etiologic agent and development of diagnostic protocols. Genomic sequencing was a crucial step in generating data for driving laboratory response and detections of SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of all the progression and achievements that timely release of genetic sequence data represents in the public health response, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with countries’ public health laboratories, started implementation of a network for strengthening the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region on timely generation of SARS-CoV-2 genomic data. Here we describe the implementation of the COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network in the Americas region during the beginning of the pandemic. The establishment of this network has strengthened laboratory response capacity at the country level, as well as facilitated timely release of SARS-CoV-2 genomic information to be used to complement the multiple response strategies for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation. As genomic epidemiology is useful for guiding public health decisions on outbreak and response, we also analysed the first SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence data from countries of the Latin America and Caribbean Region.
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spelling pubmed-88936912022-03-04 Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region Leite, Juliana Almeida Vicari, Andrea Perez, Enrique Siqueira, Marilda Resende, Paola Motta, Fernando Couto Freitas, Lucas Fernandez, Jorge Parra, Barbara Castillo, Andrés Fasce, Rodrigo Martinez Caballero, Alexander Augusto Gresh, Lionel Aldighieri, Sylvain Gabastou, Jean-Marc Franco, Leticia Mendez-Rico, Jairo PLoS One Research Article The timely release of SARS-CoV-2 first genomic sequences allowed the identification of the etiologic agent and development of diagnostic protocols. Genomic sequencing was a crucial step in generating data for driving laboratory response and detections of SARS-CoV-2 since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of all the progression and achievements that timely release of genetic sequence data represents in the public health response, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with countries’ public health laboratories, started implementation of a network for strengthening the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region on timely generation of SARS-CoV-2 genomic data. Here we describe the implementation of the COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network in the Americas region during the beginning of the pandemic. The establishment of this network has strengthened laboratory response capacity at the country level, as well as facilitated timely release of SARS-CoV-2 genomic information to be used to complement the multiple response strategies for COVID-19 pandemic mitigation. As genomic epidemiology is useful for guiding public health decisions on outbreak and response, we also analysed the first SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequence data from countries of the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Public Library of Science 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8893691/ /pubmed/35239677 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252526 Text en © 2022 Leite et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Leite, Juliana Almeida
Vicari, Andrea
Perez, Enrique
Siqueira, Marilda
Resende, Paola
Motta, Fernando Couto
Freitas, Lucas
Fernandez, Jorge
Parra, Barbara
Castillo, Andrés
Fasce, Rodrigo
Martinez Caballero, Alexander Augusto
Gresh, Lionel
Aldighieri, Sylvain
Gabastou, Jean-Marc
Franco, Leticia
Mendez-Rico, Jairo
Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title_full Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title_fullStr Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title_full_unstemmed Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title_short Implementation of a COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Regional Network for Latin America and Caribbean region
title_sort implementation of a covid-19 genomic surveillance regional network for latin america and caribbean region
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8893691/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35239677
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252526
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