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ArticleEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin2023

First cases of SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 in Denmark, 2023.

Morten Rasmussen, Frederik Trier Møller, Vithiagaran Gunalan, Sharmin Baig, Marc Bennedbæk, Lasse Engbo Christiansen, Arieh Sierra Cohen, Kirsten Ellegaard, Anders Fomsgaard, Kristina Træholt Franck and 22 more

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Article in Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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33 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Morten RasmussenVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Frederik Trier MøllerThese authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.
Vithiagaran GunalanVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sharmin BaigSequencing and Bioinformatics, Bacteria, Parasites & Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marc BennedbækVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lasse Engbo ChristiansenEpidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arieh Sierra CohenTestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kirsten EllegaardSequencing and Bioinformatics, Bacteria, Parasites & Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Anders FomsgaardVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristina Træholt FranckVirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nicolai Balle LarsenTestCenter Denmark, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Tine Graakjær LarsenInfectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Ria LassaunièreVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Charlotta PolacekVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Amanda Gammelby QveselVirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Raphael Niklaus SieberSequencing and Bioinformatics, Bacteria, Parasites & Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lasse Dam RasmussenVirus Surveillance and Research Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Marc SteggerSequencing and Bioinformatics, Bacteria, Parasites & Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Katja SpiessVirus Research and Development Laboratory, Virus & Microbiological Special Diagnostics, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Man-Hung Eric TangSequencing and Bioinformatics, Bacteria, Parasites & Fungi, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lasse Skafte VestergaardInfectious Disease Epidemiology and Prevention, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Thomas Emil AndersenDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Silje Vermedal HoeghDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Rune Micha PedersenDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Marianne Nielsine SkovDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Kat SteinkeDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Thomas Vognbjerg SydenhamDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.
Morten HoppeDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte, Denmark.
Lene NielsenDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev and Gentofte, Denmark.
Tyra Grove KrauseEpidemiological Infectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Henrik UllumStatens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Pikka JokelainenInfectious Disease Preparedness, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe 10 cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant BA.2.86 detected in Denmark, including molecular characteristics and results from wastewater surveillance that indicate that the variant is circulating in the country at a low level. This new variant with many spike gene mutations was classified as a variant under monitoring by the World Health Organization on 17 August 2023. Further global monitoring of COVID-19, BA.2.86 and other SARS-CoV-2 variants is highly warranted.

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COVID-19DenmarkHumansSARS-CoV-2WastewaterWastewater-Based Epidemiological MonitoringWastewaterCOVID-19diagnostic preparednessemerging variantepidemiological preparednessSARS-CoV-2sequencingviruswastewater surveillanceWGS

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PMID37676147
PMCPMC10486197

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