Surveillance for variants of SARS-CoV-2 to inform risk assessments/Surveillance des variants du SARS-CoV-2 en vue de revaluation des risques/Vigilancia de las variantes del SRAS-CoV-2 para evaluar los riesgos

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 101; no. 11; pp. 707 - 716
• Main Authors: Cohen, Homa Attar, Mesfin, Samuel, Ikejezie, Juniorcaius, Kassamali, Zyleen, Campbell, Finlay, Adele, Sandra, Guinko, Noe, Idoko, Friday, Mirembe, Bernadette Basuta, Mitri, Maria Elizabeth, Nezu, Ingrid, Shimizu, Kazuki, Ngongheh, Ajong Brian, Sklenovska, Nikola, Gumede, Nicksy, Mosha, Fausta Shakiwa, Mohamed, Basant, Corpuz, Aura, Pebody, Richard, Marklewitz, Marco, Gresh, Lionel, Rico, Jairo A. Mendez, Hundal, Kareena, Kato, Masaya, Babu, Amarnath, Archer, Brett N, de Waroux, Olivier le Polain, Van Kerkhove, Maria D, Mahamud, Abdirahman, Subissi, Lorenzo, Pavlin, Boris I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: World Health Organization 01.11.2023
• Subjects: Coronaviruses; Decision-making; Environmental monitoring; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Genomics; Health aspects; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; World health

Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, numerous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants have emerged, some leading to large increases in infections, hospitalizations and deaths globally. The virus's impact on public health depends...