美国威斯康星州社区分发的快速抗原检测中的新冠病毒基因组监测
SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance from Community-Distributed Rapid Antigen Tests, Wisconsin, USA.
作者信息
Emmen Isla E, Vuyk William C, Lail Andrew J, Wolf Sydney, O'Connor Eli J, Dalvie Rhea, Bhasin Maansi, Virdi Aanya, White Caroline, Hassan Nura R, Richardson Alex, VanSleet Grace, Weiler Andrea, Rounds-Dunn Savannah, Van Horn Kenneth, Gartler Marc, Jorgenson Jane, Spelman Michael, Ottosen Sean, Minor Nicholas R, Wilson Nancy, Friedrich Thomas C, O'Connor David H
出版信息
Emerg Infect Dis. 2025 May;31(13):61-69. doi: 10.3201/eid3113.241192.
In the United States, SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance initially relied almost entirely on residual diagnostic specimens from nucleic acid amplification-based tests. However, use of those tests waned after the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023. In Dane County, Wisconsin, we partnered with local- and state-level public health agencies and the South Central Library System to continue genomic surveillance by obtaining SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from freely available community rapid antigen tests (RATs). During August 15, 2023-February 29, 2024, we received 227 RAT samples, from which we generated 127 sequences with >10× depth of coverage for >90% of the SARS-CoV-2 genome. In a subset of tests, lower cycle threshold values correlated with sequence success. Our results demonstrated that collecting and sequencing results from RATs in partnership with community sites is a practical approach for sustaining SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.
在美国,SARS-CoV-2基因组监测最初几乎完全依赖基于核酸扩增检测的剩余诊断样本。然而,在2023年5月11日新冠疫情公共卫生紧急状态结束后,这些检测的使用量逐渐减少。在威斯康星州的戴恩县,我们与地方和州级公共卫生机构以及中南图书馆系统合作,通过从免费提供的社区快速抗原检测(RAT)中获取SARS-CoV-2基因组序列来继续进行基因组监测。在2023年8月15日至2024年2月29日期间,我们收到了227份RAT样本,从中生成了127个序列,这些序列对SARS-CoV-2基因组的90%以上区域的覆盖深度大于10倍。在一部分检测中,较低的循环阈值与序列成功相关。我们的结果表明,与社区站点合作收集RAT的检测结果并进行测序是维持SARS-CoV-2基因组监测的一种实用方法。