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 CorriganAngie 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*, SIREN Study Group

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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 delected Omicron subvariant waves emergence contemporaneous with national surveillance. SIREN's sentinel surveillance methods can be used for variant surveillance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-188
Number of pages5
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date1 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Epidemiology
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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