Effective surveillance of variants

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Comment

Adam J Kucharski et al. Science. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 25;375(6587):1349-1350.

doi: 10.1126/science.abo4257. Epub 2022 Mar 24.

¹ Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
² Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Abstract

Community testing studies can provide insights as SARS-CoV-2 evolves.

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