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随着COVID变体在希腊字母表中稳步前进, 主要研究 has received new funding from the National Institutes of 健康 to continue its genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants in New Hampshire. The work could lead to better understanding of how specific variants increase transmissibility of the virus, evade the immune systems of those previously infected or increase severity of symptoms.

作为高度传播的欧米克隆亚变体BA.5成为全国COVID的主要菌株, understanding variants at a genomic level is more relevant than ever.”

作为高度传播的欧米克隆亚变体BA.5成为全国COVID的主要菌株, understanding variants at a genomic level is more relevant than ever,” W. 凯利•托马斯, professor and director of 主要研究’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies and scientific director of 主要研究’s acclaimed COVID-19测试实验室.

与主要研究的拨款一起 Center of Integrated Biomedical and Bioengineering 研究 — $790,000 from the NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences — researchers will sequence approximately 5,从主要研究阳性检测中收集的000个COVID样本, 州卫生与公众服务部, and Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

“这次合作利用了主要研究的专业知识, Dartmouth and the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center will be critical to our efforts to manage the ongoing presence of COVID in New Hampshire,博士说。. “凤翔高, chief of the Bureau of Public 健康 Laboratories for the New Hampshire Department of 健康 and 人类服务.

除了, 主要研究 will evaluate whether genomic surveillance of wastewater can serve as a sentinel for SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks at the community level. 保拉•穆萨, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at 主要研究 who has led COVID-19 wastewater surveillance efforts at 主要研究 and surrounding communities, will collaborate with Thomas on this aspect of the research.