Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021-September 2022

SIREN Study Group, Sarah Foulkes, Edward J.M. Monk, Dominic Sparkes, Nipunadi Hettiarachchi, Iain D. Milligan, Katie Munro, Andrew Taylor-Kerr, Naomi Platt, Anna Howells, Jerry Ye Aung Kyaw, Enemona Adaji, Eileen Gallagher, Jameel Khawam, Edgar Wellington, Lesley Price, David Crossman, Chris Norman, Elen de Lacy, Lisa CromeyDiane Corrigan, Angie Lackenby, Paola Barbero, Busayo Elegunde, Maria Zambon, Meera A. Chand, Colin S. Brown, Jasmin Islam, Ana Atti, Susan Hopkins, Victoria J. Hall, Michelle J. Cole

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Abstract

Since June 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 Immunity and Reinfection Evaluation (SIREN) study has conducted routine PCR testing in UK healthcare workers and sequenced PCR-positive samples. SIREN detected increases in infections and reinfections and detected Omicron subvariant waves emergence contemporaneous with national surveillance. SIREN's sentinel surveillance methods can be used for variant surveillance.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)184-188
Number of pages5
JournalEmerging Infectious Diseases
Volume29
Issue number1
Early online date1 Dec 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information: This work was supported by the UK Health Security Agency; the UK Department of Health and Social Care with contributions from the governments in Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland; the National Institute for Health Research; and grants from the Medical Research Council (grant nos. NIHR200927 and MR/W02067X/1).

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Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.

Citation: Foulkes S, Monk E, Sparkes D, Hettiarachchi N, Milligan ID, Munro K, et al. Early Warning Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants, United Kingdom, November 2021–September 2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023;29(1):184-188. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.221293

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2901.221293

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