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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.

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01C02120

Duration

15 April 2020 → 14 January 2021

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Bruno Verhasselt

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.

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