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CDC Leads Public-Private Consortium to Coordinate SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing in US

May 01, 2020
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NEW YORK – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday announced a new national genomics consortium to coordinate SARS-CoV-2 sequencing across the US.

The effort, called SPHERES (SARS-CoV-2 Sequencing for Public Health Emergency Response, Epidemiology and Surveillance), aims to monitor changes in the virus to support public health research and diagnostic and therapeutic development.

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