SARS-CoV-2 variants and ending the COVID-19 pandemic

[...]the end of the pandemic is only possible when vaccines that are effective against circulating variants are distributed equitably across the world. [...]for surveillance of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants, sharing of variant-specific PCR primers could help to monitor their spread, particu...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2021-03, Vol.397 (10278), p.952-954
Hauptverfasser: Fontanet, Arnaud, Autran, Brigitte, Lina, Bruno, Kieny, Marie Paule, Karim, Salim S Abdool, Sridhar, Devi
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Zusammenfassung:[...]the end of the pandemic is only possible when vaccines that are effective against circulating variants are distributed equitably across the world. [...]for surveillance of the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants, sharing of variant-specific PCR primers could help to monitor their spread, particularly in resource-limited countries. [...]a central repository of samples of sera and cells from individuals with past infection or past immunisation with available COVID-19 vaccines should be established for seroneutralisation and cellular immunity functional testing against newly discovered variants.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00370-6