Phylogenetic and phylodynamic approaches to understanding and combating the early SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

SW Attwood, SC Hill, DM Aanensen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Determining the transmissibility, prevalence and patterns of movement of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections is central to our understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a global virus genomic surveillance network

V Hill, G Githinji, CBF Vogels, AI Bento, C Chaguza… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
The COVID-19 pandemic galvanized the field of virus genomic surveillance, demonstrating
its utility for public health. Now, we must harness the momentum that led to increased …

Measuring the effects of COVID-19-related disruption on dengue transmission in southeast Asia and Latin America: a statistical modelling study

Y Chen, N Li, J Lourenço, L Wang… - The Lancet infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruption to society,
which indirectly affects infectious disease dynamics. We aimed to assess the effects of …

Context-specific emergence and growth of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

JT McCrone, V Hill, S Bajaj, RE Pena, BC Lambert… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Delta (Pango lineage B. 1.617. 2) variant of concern spread
globally, causing resurgences of COVID-19 worldwide,. The emergence of the Delta variant …

Global dynamics of porcine enteric coronavirus PEDV epidemiology, evolution, and transmission

H Zhang, C Zou, O Peng, U Ashraf, Q Xu… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
With a possible origin from bats, the alphacoronavirus Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus
(PEDV) causes significant hazards and widespread epidemics in the swine population …

Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the first COVID-19 wave

JT Davis, M Chinazzi, N Perra, K Mu… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Considerable uncertainty surrounds the timeline of introductions and onsets of local
transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) globally …

Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 data is difficult

B Morel, P Barbera, L Czech… - Molecular biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Numerous studies covering some aspects of SARS-CoV-2 data analyses are being
published on a daily basis, including a regularly updated phylogeny on nextstrain. org. Here …

Unlocking capacities of genomics for the COVID-19 response and future pandemics

S Knyazev, K Chhugani, V Sarwal, R Ayyala, H Singh… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 pandemic, genomics and bioinformatics have emerged as essential
public health tools. The genomic data acquired using these methods have supported the …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 reveals multiple lineages and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Lombardy, Italy

C Alteri, V Cento, A Piralla, V Costabile… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract From February to April 2020, Lombardy (Italy) reported the highest numbers of
SARS-CoV-2 cases worldwide. By analyzing 346 whole SARS-CoV-2 genomes, we …

Progress and challenges in virus genomic epidemiology

V Hill, C Ruis, S Bajaj, OG Pybus, MUG Kraemer - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Genomic epidemiology, which links pathogen genomes with associated metadata to
understand disease transmission, has become a key component of outbreak response …