Brian Hiatt

TL;DR: The large majority of SARS-CoV-2 infections sampled during this time frame appeared to have derived from a single introduction event into the state in late January or early February 2020 and subsequent local spread, strongly suggesting cryptic spread of COVID-19 during the months of January and February 2020, before active community surveillance was implemented.

TL;DR: The results indicate that the Bordetella pertussis population causing this epidemic was diverse, with a few molecular types predominating, and the PFGE, MLVA, and MLST profiles were consistent with the predominate types circulating in the United States and other countries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors sequenced 3940 SARS-CoV-2 viral genomes from Washington State (USA) to characterize how the spread of SARS in early 2020 was shaped by differences in timing of mitigation strategies across counties and by repeated introductions of viral lineages into the state.

TL;DR: The Washington State Department of Health Public Health Laboratories has tested 11,501 samples between 2007 and 2017 for a foodborne disease using a combination of identification, serotyping, and subtyping tools, and the impact of this transition is expected to be significant given the enhanced cluster detection power NGS brings.