Katherine Siddle

[Institut Pasteur, since 1887 @institutpasteur]

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[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

@RhysHParry Hi Rhys, Thanks for reading our paper. Detecting contamination is something we think a lot about, but concluded unlikely as would require >=2 independent events from related but novel viruses at high levels. Would welcome any thoughts you have about it, always happy to discuss.

[Gage Moreno @GageKMoreno]

Over the last month, #RSV has surged early and hard, placing immense pressure on hospitals and clinics. Despite this, genomic insights have been limited. Check out our Virological post describing an initial look into the #RSV surge in MA 🦠🧬
https://t.co/s63q265vXH
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[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

@dndiaye23 @SyMOUHAMAD1 @CCigass Thank you for welcoming us! It was wonderful to be back & congratulations on the new CIGASS center.

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

An absolute pleasure to work on this study alongside many partners including @sabeti_lab @broadinstitute @MassDPH @BCHDCapeCod @HumanServicesBC @PIH's CTC @HarvardChanSPH. Many thanks also to @patternvizlab for the beautiful graphical abstract.

[Dr. Lydia Andreyevna Krasilnikova, MEng, PhD @lakrasil]

Our new! preprint! Learning from COVID-19 outbreak in Provincetown this July⬇
https://t.co/RTFTsEBBeU

Ptown outbreak:
- 99% Delta
- 74% vaccinated, 79% w symptoms

Takeaways:
- SARS-CoV-2 spread from+btwn fully vaxxed
- Contained, likely thx to vaccine+public health response
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[Pardis Sabeti @PardisSabeti]

Members of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Endicott College are conducting research about perceptions of the COVID-19 pandemic. If you were involved in COVID-19 response, please consider sharing your insights: https://t.co/DCMQd69vAN.

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

@NathanGrubaugh @YaleEMD @GISAID Thanks! We'll take a look for them.

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

There are now over 50 SARS-CoV-2 genomes of the P.1 Variant of Concern lineage from Massachusetts, largely detected in the Cape Cod area over the past month (https://t.co/hDO7Ql7YFT). A few observations (from me & @dannyjpark @bronwynmacinnis @glipsnort @sabeti_lab). [1/10]

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

Analyses above made possible by data contributors to @GISAID. Some new MA genomes are currently in submission and will be released by @CDC_AMD on @GISAID soon. Meanwhile, we have made a P.1-focused @nextstrain build available at https://t.co/RFDIWuytaZ [10/10]

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

The extent of community transmission of P.1 in MA is not yet established. The data are suggestive of additional undetected P.1 cases, though more extensive epidemiological and genomic surveillance is needed. [9/10]

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

Explore this data in more detail in a @nextstrain narrative (https://t.co/QXj22p2dcI) and public terra workspace (https://t.co/pd5bDb50aM). We’ll post more genomes as we generate them and are working hard to make our dataset more comprehensive and representative.
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[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

Pleased to share our latest pre-print using 772 SARS-CoV-2 genomes to investigate the introduction and spread in the Boston area. A huge team effort and great partnership between @sabeti_lab, @MGH_ID, @MassDPH and others; https://t.co/U2JuZ0SOZe 1/7

[Katherine Siddle @kjsiddle]

These 772 genomes were obtained from NP swabs from individuals with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, primarily from the Boston area collected by @MGH_ID, @MassDPH between March 3 and May 9, 2020 and sequenced @broadinstitute by an amazing lab team https://t.co/agX3V7Aj6a 6/7