Nature Communications (Nov 2020)
Full genome viral sequences inform patterns of SARS-CoV-2 spread into and within Israel
- Danielle Miller,
- Michael A. Martin,
- Noam Harel,
- Omer Tirosh,
- Talia Kustin,
- Moran Meir,
- Nadav Sorek,
- Shiraz Gefen-Halevi,
- Sharon Amit,
- Olesya Vorontsov,
- Avraham Shaag,
- Dana Wolf,
- Avi Peretz,
- Yonat Shemer-Avni,
- Diana Roif-Kaminsky,
- Naama M. Kopelman,
- Amit Huppert,
- Katia Koelle,
- Adi Stern
Affiliations
- Danielle Miller
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Michael A. Martin
- Department of Biology, Emory University
- Noam Harel
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Omer Tirosh
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Talia Kustin
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Moran Meir
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- Nadav Sorek
- Microbiology Laboratory, Assuta Ashdod University-Affiliated Hospital
- Shiraz Gefen-Halevi
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center
- Sharon Amit
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center
- Olesya Vorontsov
- Clinical Virology Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
- Avraham Shaag
- Clinical Virology Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
- Dana Wolf
- Clinical Virology Unit, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
- Avi Peretz
- The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University
- Yonat Shemer-Avni
- Clinical Virology Laboratory, Soroka Medical Center and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
- Diana Roif-Kaminsky
- Microbiology Division, Barzilai University Medical Center
- Naama M. Kopelman
- Department of Computer Science, Holon Institute of Technology
- Amit Huppert
- Bio‐statistical and Bio‐mathematical Unit, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Chaim Sheba Medical Center
- Katia Koelle
- Department of Biology, Emory University
- Adi Stern
- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19248-0
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
In this study, Adi Stern and colleagues use full genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 to look at the rate of infections in Israel. They report that social distancing had a significant effect on minimising the rate of transmission, and find evidence for transmission heterogeneity (superspreading events).
