Nature Communications (Sep 2020)
Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using genomics
- Torsten Seemann,
- Courtney R. Lane,
- Norelle L. Sherry,
- Sebastian Duchene,
- Anders Gonçalves da Silva,
- Leon Caly,
- Michelle Sait,
- Susan A. Ballard,
- Kristy Horan,
- Mark B. Schultz,
- Tuyet Hoang,
- Marion Easton,
- Sally Dougall,
- Timothy P. Stinear,
- Julian Druce,
- Mike Catton,
- Brett Sutton,
- Annaliese van Diemen,
- Charles Alpren,
- Deborah A. Williamson,
- Benjamin P. Howden
Affiliations
- Torsten Seemann
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Courtney R. Lane
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Norelle L. Sherry
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Sebastian Duchene
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Anders Gonçalves da Silva
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Leon Caly
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Michelle Sait
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Susan A. Ballard
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Kristy Horan
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Mark B. Schultz
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Tuyet Hoang
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Marion Easton
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Sally Dougall
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Timothy P. Stinear
- Doherty Applied Microbial Genomics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Julian Druce
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Mike Catton
- Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Brett Sutton
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Annaliese van Diemen
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Charles Alpren
- Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
- Deborah A. Williamson
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- Benjamin P. Howden
- Microbiological Diagnostic Unit Public Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne at The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18314-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Genome sequencing can be used to infer pathogen transmission dynamics and inform public health responses. Here, the authors sequence >1,200 SARS-CoV-2 samples from Victoria, Australia and find genomic support for the effectiveness of social restrictions in reducing transmission.
