Surveillance strategies for the detection of new SARS-CoV-2 variants across epidemiological contexts
Oliveira Roster, K. I.; Kissler, S. M.; Omoregie, E.; Wang, J. C.; Amin, H. S.; Di Lonardo, S.; Hughes, S.; Grad, Y.
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Rapid identification of new SARS-CoV-2 variants is a critical component of the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we lack a quantitative framework to assess the expected performance of sampling strategies in varying epidemic contexts. To address this gap, we used a multi-patch stochastic model of SARS-CoV-2 spread in New York City to evaluate the impact of the volume of testing and sequencing, geographic representativeness of sampling, location and timing of variant emergence, and relative variant transmissibility on the time to first detection of a new variant. The strategy of targeted sampling of likely emergence locations offered the most improvement in detection speed. Increasing sequencing capacity reduced detection time more than increasing testing volumes. The relative transmissibility of the new variant and the epidemic context of variant emergence also influenced detection times, showing that individual surveillance strategies can result in a wide range of detection outcomes, depending on the underlying dynamics of the circulating variants. These findings help contextualize the design, interpretation, and trade-offs of genomic surveillance strategies.
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