@article{dd090e2a070b47f7b811441bb5de5fdd,
title = "Emergence and Persistent Dominance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 Variant, Taiwan",
abstract = "Since April 2022, waves of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have surfaced in Taiwan and spread throughout the island. Using high-throughput sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, we analyzed 2,405 PCR-positive swab samples from 2,339 persons and identified the Omicron BA.2.3.7 variant as a major lineage within recent community outbreaks in Taiwan.",
author = "Shao, {Pei Lan} and Tu, {Hsiao Chen} and Gong, {Yu Nong} and Shu, {Hung Yu} and Ralph Kirby and Hsu, {Li Yun} and Yeo, {Hui Yee} and Kuo, {Han Yueh} and Huang, {Yi Chia} and Lin, {Yung Feng} and Weng, {Hui Ying} and Wu, {Yueh Lin} and Chen, {Chien Chih} and Chen, {Tzen Wen} and Lee, {Kuo Ming} and Huang, {Chung Guei} and Shih, {Shin Ru} and Chen, {Wei J.} and Wu, {Chen Chi} and Yu, {Chong Jen} and Tsai, {Shih Feng}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by Ministry of Health and Welfare of Taiwan (MOHW110-TDU-C-222-000010) to S.F.T., by the Research Center for Emerging Viral Infections from The Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education of Taiwan, the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST 111-2321-B-182-001, MOST 111-2634-F-182-001, MOST 110-2222-E-182-004, and MOST 111-2221-E-182-053-MY3), and the National Institute Of Allergy And Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 5U01AI151698-02 to Y.N.G. and S.R.S. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.",
year = "2023",
month = apr,
doi = "10.3201/eid2904.221497",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "792--796",
journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",
issn = "1080-6040",
publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",
number = "4",
}
