Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2023)
Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021–September 2022
- 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
Affiliations
- 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
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.221293
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 29,
no. 1
pp. 184 – 188
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.
Keywords
- COVID-19
- respiratory infections
- severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
- SARS-CoV-2
- SARS
- coronavirus disease
