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Project

Real-time monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 evolution to rapidly trace hospital outbreaks and to understand spreading of the virus in the population.
Code
01C02120
Duration
15 April 2020 → 14 January 2021
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Analysis of next-generation sequence data
    • Virology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Microbial diagnostics
Keywords
sequencing evolution outbreaks
 
Project description

Whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 will be implemented in this project. With this information, we will trace outbreaks in hospitals and this will allow to take appropriate corrective actions. Secondly, it will allow to follow the evolution of the virus in 1) its spread and 2) its changes in virulence, if observed, will be better understood.