April 7, 2021

Phylogenetic Estimates of SARS-CoV-2 Introductions into Washington State

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Transmission

Keywords (Tags): transmission, washington

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] A phylogenetic analysis of 11,422 publicly available whole genome SARS-CoV-2 sequences found a minimum of 287 separate introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into Washington State in samples collected through September 2020.  The majority of introductions into Washington came from a source within the US (61%, range 55-65%) while 39% (range 35-45%) likely came from outside the US.

Tordoff et al. (Apr 7, 2021). Phylogenetic Estimates of SARS-CoV-2 Introductions into Washington State. Pre-print downloaded Apr 7 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.05.21254924