Testing Strategies for SARS-CoV-2 Variants Surveillance: Epidemiological, Clinical and Future Implications
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Virology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2023) | Viewed by 1059
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since the worldwide emergence of COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has been characterized by subsequent waves of viral propagation sustained by different viral strains with peculiar transmissibility, disease severity, risk of death, and potential escape from the immune response. Indeed, the initial presence of a completely susceptible population to the virus and the high rate of the new daily infections worldwide allowed an escalating diversification of the viral strains, even after the massive vaccination campaigns, characterized by the emergence of several variants with different biological characteristics and peculiar appearance/disappearance dynamics.
The strategies for the surveillance of viral circulations have evolved, from pure epidemiological/research purposes during the first COVID-19 waves to a more precise and targeted goal, aiming to assess the risk of harbouring viral variants in different settings.
An in-depth evaluation of the strong SARS-CoV-2 variants testing efforts, put in place by the international scientific community, could lay the foundation for a future cost-effective surveillance program. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- VOCs (Variant Of Concern)
- VOIs (Variant of Interest)
- Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
- Surveillance program
- Mutational pattern
Dr. Valeria Micheli
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- SARS-CoV-2
- VOCs (Variant of Concern)
- whole genome sequencing
- RT-PCR
- mutations
- surveillance
