Teasing Out How Infections Spread

Aug 03, 2020

The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub is teaming up with the California Department of Public Health to offer viral genome sequencing of samples from COVID-19 patients, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

By sequencing patient samples, scientists may be able to tease out patterns of viral transmittance and determine, for instance, if two infected co-workers were infected at work or at separate, non-work-related events, it says.

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