Swiss public health measures associated with reduced SARS-CoV-2 transmission using genome data

• Published in: Science translational medicine Vol. 15; no. 680; p. eabn7979
• Main Authors: Nadeau, Sarah A, Vaughan, Timothy G, Beckmann, Christiane, Topolsky, Ivan, Chen, Chaoran, Hodcroft, Emma, Schär, Tobias, Nissen, Ina, Santacroce, Natascha, Burcklen, Elodie, Ferreira, Pedro, Jablonski, Kim Philipp, Posada-Céspedes, Susana, Capece, Vincenzo, Seidel, Sophie, Santamaria de Souza, Noemi, Martinez-Gomez, Julia M, Cheng, Phil, Bosshard, Philipp P, Levesque, Mitchell P, Kufner, Verena, Schmutz, Stefan, Zaheri, Maryam, Huber, Michael, Trkola, Alexandra, Cordey, Samuel, Laubscher, Florian, Gonçalves, Ana Rita, Aeby, Sébastien, Pillonel, Trestan, Jacot, Damien, Bertelli, Claire, Greub, Gilbert, Leuzinger, Karoline, Stange, Madlen, Mari, Alfredo, Roloff, Tim, Seth-Smith, Helena, Hirsch, Hans H, Egli, Adrian, Redondo, Maurice, Kobel, Olivier, Noppen, Christoph, du Plessis, Louis, Beerenwinkel, Niko, Neher, Richard A, Beisel, Christian, Stadler, Tanja
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 25.01.2023
• Subjects: Communicable Disease Control; COVID-19 - genetics; Genome, Viral - genetics; Humans; Phylogeny; Public Health; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; Switzerland - epidemiology; Switzerland

Genome sequences from evolving infectious pathogens allow quantification of case introductions and local transmission dynamics. We sequenced 11,357 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomes from Switzerland in 2020-the sixth largest effort globally. Using a representative...