• Cell-based culture of SARS-CoV-2 informs infectivity and safe de-isolation assessments during COVID-19 

      Basile, Kerri; McPhie, Kenneth; Carter, Ian; Alderson, Susan; Rahman, Hossinur; Donovan, Linda; Kumar, Shanil; Tran, Tyna; Ko, Danny; Sivaruban, Tharshini; Ngo, Christine; Toi, Cheryl; O'Sullivan, Matthew V; Sintchenko, Vitali; Chen, Sharon C-A; Maddocks, Susan; Dwyer, Dominic E; Kok, Jen
      Published 2020
      BACKGROUND: The detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in respiratory samples collected from persons recovered from COVID-19 does not necessarily indicate shedding of infective virions. ...
      Article
    • An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran 

      Eden, John-Sebastian; Rockett, Rebecca; Carter, Ian; Rahman, Hossinur; de Ligt, Joep; Hadfield, James; Storey, Matthew; Ren, Xiaoyun; Tulloch, Rachel; Basile, Kerri; Wells, Jessica; Byun, Roy; Gilroy, Nicky; O'Sullivan, Matthew V; Sintchenko, Vitali; Chen, Sharon C; Maddocks, Susan; Sorrell, Tania C; Holmes, Edward C.; Dwyer, Dominic E; Kok, Jen
      Published 2020
      The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has rapidly spread outside China with major outbreaks occurring in Italy, South Korea, and Iran. Phylogenetic analyses of whole-genome sequencing data identified a distinct SARS-CoV-2 clade linked ...
      Article
    • An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran 

      Eden, John-Sebastian; Rockett, Rebecca; Carter, Ian; Rahman, Hossinur; de Ligt, Joep; Hadfield, James; Storey, Matthew; Ren, Xiaoyun; Tulloch, Rachel; Basile, Kerri; Wells, Jessica; Byun, Roy; Gilroy, Nicky; O'Sullivan, Matthew V; Sintchenko, Vitali; Chen, Sharon C; Maddocks, Susan; Sorrell, Tania C; Holmes, Edward C.; Dwyer, Dominic E; Kok, Jen
      Published 2020
      The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has rapidly spread outside China with major outbreaks occurring in Italy, South Korea and Iran. Phylogenetic analyses of whole genome sequencing data identified a distinct SARS-CoV-2 clade linked ...
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