to support SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Botswana | Pandemic PACT Tracker

Key facts

Disease
COVID-19
Start & end year
2021
Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$172,500
Funder
Gates Foundation
Research Location
Botswana
Lead Research Institution
Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute
Research Priority Alignment
N/A

Research Category
Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics
Research Subcategory
Pathogen genomics, mutations and adaptations
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable

Abstract

N/A

4 Publications linked via Europe PMC

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Saline gargle collection method is comparable to nasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal swabbing for the molecular detection and sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Botswana.

Emergence of Omicron FN.1 a descendent of BQ.1.1 in Botswana.

Genomic epidemiology and immune escape of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant strains circulating in Botswana.

Low Prevalence of Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir Resistance-Associated Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 Lineages From Botswana.