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dc.contributor.authorCuypers, Lize-
dc.contributor.authorDellicour, Simon-
dc.contributor.authorHong, Samuel L.-
dc.contributor.authorPotter, Barney, I-
dc.contributor.authorVerhasselt, Bruno-
dc.contributor.authorVereecke, Nick-
dc.contributor.authorLambrechts, Laurens-
dc.contributor.authorDurkin, Keith-
dc.contributor.authorBours, Vincent-
dc.contributor.authorKlamer, Sofieke-
dc.contributor.authorBayon-Vicente, Guillaume-
dc.contributor.authorVael, Carl-
dc.contributor.authorArien, Kevin K.-
dc.contributor.authorDe Mendonca, Ricardo-
dc.contributor.authorSoetens, Oriane-
dc.contributor.authorMichel, Charlotte-
dc.contributor.authorBearzatto, Bertrand-
dc.contributor.authorNaesens, Reinout-
dc.contributor.authorGras, Jeremie-
dc.contributor.authorVankeerberghen, Anne-
dc.contributor.authorMatheeussen, Veerle-
dc.contributor.authorMartens, Geert-
dc.contributor.authorObbels, Dagmar-
dc.contributor.authorLemmens, Ann-
dc.contributor.authorVan den Poel, Bea-
dc.contributor.authorVan Even, Ellen-
dc.contributor.authorDe Rauw, Klara-
dc.contributor.authorWAUMANS, Luc-
dc.contributor.authorReynders , Marijke-
dc.contributor.authorDegosserie, Jonathan-
dc.contributor.authorMaes, Piet-
dc.contributor.authorAndre, Emmanuel-
dc.contributor.authorBaele, Guy-
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-28T09:04:30Z-
dc.date.available2022-11-28T09:04:30Z-
dc.date.issued2022-
dc.date.submitted2022-11-18T12:35:42Z-
dc.identifier.citationViruses-Basel, 14 (10) (Art N° 2301)-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1942/38930-
dc.description.abstractAn adequate SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance strategy has proven to be essential for countries to obtain a thorough understanding of the variants and lineages being imported and successfully established within their borders. During 2020, genomic surveillance in Belgium was not structurally implemented but performed by individual research laboratories that had to acquire the necessary funds themselves to perform this important task. At the start of 2021, a nationwide genomic surveillance consortium was established in Belgium to markedly increase the country's genomic sequencing efforts (both in terms of intensity and representativeness), to perform quality control among participating laboratories, and to enable coordination and collaboration of research projects and publications. We here discuss the genomic surveillance efforts in Belgium before and after the establishment of its genomic sequencing consortium, provide an overview of the specifics of the consortium, and explore more details regarding the scientific studies that have been published as a result of the increased number of Belgian SARS-CoV-2 genomes that have become available.-
dc.description.sponsorshipS.D. acknowledges support from the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.- FNRS, Belgium; grant F.4515.22), and from the European Union Horizon 2020 project MOOD (grant agreement 874850). S.L.H. and G.B. acknowledge support from the Research Foundation—Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—Vlaanderen, G0E1420N). B.I.P. and G.B. acknowledge support from the Internal Funds KU Leuven (Grant C14/18/094). S.D. and G.B. acknowledge support from the Research Foundation—Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—Vlaanderen, G098321N). K.K.A. acknowledges support from the Research Foundation—Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek—Vlaanderen, G0G4220N). N.V. is supported by the Flemish Agency for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Baekeland Mandate HBC.2020.2889). This work and the sequencing capacity were supported in part by a COVID19 research grant of Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek/Research Foundation Flanders (G0H4420N). UZ Leuven, as national reference center for respiratory pathogens, is supported by Sciensano, which is gratefully acknowledged. We gratefully acknowledge the help of the following people in setting up Belgium’s genomic surveillance consortium: Marthe Pauwels, Sebastiaan Theuns, Hans Nauwynck, Philippe Selhorst, Linos Vandekerckhove, Wim Laffut, Marjan Meurisse, Florence De Bock, Matthieu Billuart, Pui Yan Jenny Chung, Nathalie Bossuyt, Patrick Descheemaeker, Jorn Hellemans, MarieMadeleine Chabert, Merijn Vanhee, Pascale Hilbert, Sylvain Brohée, Deniz Karadurmus, PierreEmmanuel Léonard, Jean-Luc Gala, Jérôme Ambroise, Benoit Kabamba, Elsa Wiam, Valentin Coste, Paul Blanpain, Jean Ruelle, Ari Serbetciyan, Nicolas Pinte, Ophélie Simon, Rebecca Mantegazza, Kristell De Potter, the entire UCLouvain federal testing platform COVID-19 team, Gaetan Otto, Céline Maschietto, Aurore Demars, and all the laboratory technicians from the Plateforme de testing Namuroise. We would also like to thank all sequencing laboratories for uploading SARS-CoV-2 genomes to the international GISAID database. In particular, we would like to thank the members of the COVID-19 Genomics Belgium consortium: Emmanuel André, Piet Maes, Guy Baele, Simon Dellicour, Lize Cuypers, Marc Van Ranst, Barney Potter, Samuel Hong, François E. Dufrasne, Guillaume BayonVicente, Ruddy Wattiez, Carl Vael, Lynsey Berckmans, Philippe Selhorst, Kevin K. Ariën, Arnaud Marchant, Coralie Henin, Benoit Haerlingen, Ricardo De Mendonca, Marie-Luce Delforge, Sonia Van Dooren, Bruno Hinckel, Hideo Imamura, Toon Janssen, Ben Caljon, Oriane Soetens, Denis Piérard, Thomas Demuyser, Charlotte Michel, Olivier Vandenberg, Sigi van den Wijngaert, Giulia Zorzi, Jean Ruelle, Benoit Kabamba Mukadi, Jean-Luc Gala, Bertrand Bearzatto, Jérôme Ambroise, Philippe Van Lint, Walter Verstrepen, Reinout Naesens, Michael Peeters, Kate Bakelants, Sarah Denayer, Sofieke Klamer, Pascale Hilbert, Sylvain Brohée, Pierre-Emmanuel Léonard, Deniz Karadurmus, Jeremie Gras, Damien Féret, Barbara Lambert, Anne Vankeerberghen, Astrid Holderbeke, Hans De Beenhouwer, Lien Cattoir, Christine Lammens, Basil Britto Xavier, Marie Le Mercier, Jasmine Coppens, Veerle Matheeussen, Herman Goossens, Geert A. Martens, Koen Swaert, Frederik Van Hoecke, Dieter Desmet, Pierre Bogaerts, Jonathan Degosserie, Olivier Denis, TeDin Huang, Dagmar Obbels, Hanne Valgaeren, Johan Frans, Annick Smismans, Paul-Emile Claus, Truus Goegebuer, Ann Lemmens, Bea Van den Poel, Sonja De Bock, Wim Laffut, Ellen Van Even, Jos Van Acker, Charlotte Verfaillie, Elke Vanlaere, Klara De Rauw, Brigitte Maes, Guy Froyen, Bert Cruys, Ellen Geerdens, Luc Waumans, Britt Van Meensel, Reinoud Cartuyvels, Severine Berden, Marijke Raymaekers, Bruno Verhasselt, Cécile Meex, Keith Durkin, Laurent Gillet, Maria Artesi, Marie-Pierre Hayette, Sébastien Bontems, Vincent Bours, Claire Gourzonès, Olivier Ek, Fabrice Bureau, Jorn Hellemans, Patrick Descheemaeker, and Marijke Reynders.-
dc.language.isoen-
dc.publisherMDPI-
dc.rights2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/).-
dc.subject.otherSARS-CoV-2-
dc.subject.otherCOVID-19-
dc.subject.otherBelgium-
dc.subject.othergenomic surveillance-
dc.subject.othernext-generation sequencing-
dc.subject.othervariants of concern-
dc.titleTwo Years of Genomic Surveillance in Belgium during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Attain Country-Wide Coverage and Monitor the Introduction and Spread of Emerging Variants-
dc.typeJournal Contribution-
dc.identifier.issue10-
dc.identifier.volume14-
local.bibliographicCitation.jcatA1-
dc.description.notesCuypers, L (corresponding author), Univ Hosp Leuven, Natl Reference Ctr Resp Pathogens, Dept Lab Med, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.; Baele, G (corresponding author), Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Transplantat, Rega Inst, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.-
dc.description.noteslize.cuypers@uzleuven.be; guy.baele@kuleuven.be-
local.publisher.placeST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND-
local.type.refereedRefereed-
local.type.specifiedReview-
local.bibliographicCitation.artnr2301-
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/v14102301-
dc.identifier.pmid36298856-
dc.identifier.isi000873570200001-
dc.contributor.orcidLambrechts, Laurens/0000-0002-1415-4591; Dufrasne,-
dc.contributor.orcidFrancois/0000-0001-6288-7936; Matheeussen, Veerle/0000-0003-2137-2068;-
dc.contributor.orcidVereecke, Nick/0000-0001-5367-9756; Degosserie,-
dc.contributor.orcidJonathan/0000-0001-8654-4831; Hong, Samuel Leandro/0000-0001-6354-4943;-
dc.contributor.orcidCuypers, Lize/0000-0002-9433-8752; Dellicour, Simon/0000-0001-9558-1052;-
dc.contributor.orcidBaele, Guy/0000-0002-1915-7732-
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local.description.affiliation[Cuypers, Lize; Andre, Emmanuel] Univ Hosp Leuven, Natl Reference Ctr Resp Pathogens, Dept Lab Med, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Dellicour, Simon] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Spatial Epidemiol Lab SpELL, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Dellicour, Simon; Hong, Samuel L.; Potter, Barney, I; Maes, Piet; Baele, Guy] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Transplantat, Rega Inst, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Verhasselt, Bruno] Univ Ghent, Ghent Univ Hosp, Dept Diagnost Sci, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Vereecke, Nick] Univ Ghent, Fac Vet Med, PathoSense BV, B-9820 Merelbeke, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Lambrechts, Laurens] Univ Ghent, Ghent Univ Hosp, HIV Cure Res Ctr, Dept Internal Med & Pediat, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Lambrechts, Laurens] Univ Ghent, Fac Biosci Engn, Dept Data Anal & Math Modelling, BioBix, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Durkin, Keith; Bours, Vincent] GIGA Res Inst, Lab Human Genet, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Bours, Vincent] Univ Hosp Liege, Dept Human Genet, B-4000 Liege, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Klamer, Sofieke] Sciensano, Sci Directorate Epidemiol & Publ Hlth, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Bayon-Vicente, Guillaume] Univ Mons, Res Inst Biosci, Dept Prote & Microbiol, B-7000 Mons, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Vael, Carl] AZ Klina, Clin Lab, B-2930 Brasschaat, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Arien, Kevin K.] Inst Trop Med Antwerp, Dept Biomed Sci, Virol Unit, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Arien, Kevin K.] Univ Antwerp, Fac Pharmaceut Biomed & Vet Sci, Dept Biomed Sci, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[De Mendonca, Ricardo] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Dept Microbiol, CUB Hop Erasme, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Soetens, Oriane] Vrije Univ Brussel, Univ Ziekenhuis Brussel, Dept Microbiol & Infect Control, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Michel, Charlotte] Lab Hosp Univ Bruxelles LHUB ULB, Dept Microbiol, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Bearzatto, Bertrand] Univ Catholique Louvain UCLouvain, Ctr Appl Mol Technol CTMA, Inst Rech Expt & Clin IREC, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Naesens, Reinout] Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen, Dept Med Microbiol, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Gras, Jeremie] Inst Pathol & Genet IPG, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Vankeerberghen, Anne] Onze Lieve Vrouw Hosp, Lab Mol Biol, Campus Aalst Asse Ninove, B-9300 Aalst, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Matheeussen, Veerle] Univ Antwerp, Vaccine & Infect Dis Inst VAXINFECTIO, Dept Microbiol, Lab Med Microbiol, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Martens, Geert] AZ Delta Gen Hosp, Dept Lab Med, B-8800 Roeselare, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Obbels, Dagmar] Imelda Hosp, Clin Lab, B-2820 Bonheiden, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Lemmens, Ann] AZ Sint Maarten Hosp, Lab Clin Biol, B-2800 Mechelen, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Van den Poel, Bea] Gen Hosp Jan Portaels, Clin Lab, B-1800 Vilvoorde, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Van Even, Ellen] HH Hosp Lier, Clin Lab Microbiol, B-2500 Lier, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[De Rauw, Klara] AZ Sint Lucas Hosp, Lab Clin Biol, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Waumans, Luc] Jessa Hosp, Clin Lab, B-3500 Hasselt, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Reynders, Marijke] AZ Sint Jan Bruges Ostend AV, Dept Lab Med, Med Microbiol, B-8000 Brugge, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Degosserie, Jonathan] CHU UCL Namur, Dept Lab Med, Fed Testing Platform COVID 19, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Degosserie, Jonathan] CHU UCL Namur, Mol Diagnost Ctr, Next Generat Sequencing Platform, B-5530 Yvoir, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Andre, Emmanuel] Univ Hosp Leuven, Dept Lab Med, Fed Testing Platform COVID 19, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.-
local.description.affiliation[Andre, Emmanuel] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Lab Clin Microbiol, Dept Microbiol Immunol & Transplantat, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.-
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item.fullcitationCuypers, Lize; Dellicour, Simon; Hong, Samuel L.; Potter, Barney, I; Verhasselt, Bruno; Vereecke, Nick; Lambrechts, Laurens; Durkin, Keith; Bours, Vincent; Klamer, Sofieke; Bayon-Vicente, Guillaume; Vael, Carl; Arien, Kevin K.; De Mendonca, Ricardo; Soetens, Oriane; Michel, Charlotte; Bearzatto, Bertrand; Naesens, Reinout; Gras, Jeremie; Vankeerberghen, Anne; Matheeussen, Veerle; Martens, Geert; Obbels, Dagmar; Lemmens, Ann; Van den Poel, Bea; Van Even, Ellen; De Rauw, Klara; WAUMANS, Luc; Reynders , Marijke; Degosserie, Jonathan; Maes, Piet; Andre, Emmanuel & Baele, Guy (2022) Two Years of Genomic Surveillance in Belgium during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic to Attain Country-Wide Coverage and Monitor the Introduction and Spread of Emerging Variants. In: Viruses-Basel, 14 (10) (Art N° 2301).-
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item.contributorCuypers, Lize-
item.contributorDellicour, Simon-
item.contributorHong, Samuel L.-
item.contributorPotter, Barney, I-
item.contributorVerhasselt, Bruno-
item.contributorVereecke, Nick-
item.contributorLambrechts, Laurens-
item.contributorDurkin, Keith-
item.contributorBours, Vincent-
item.contributorKlamer, Sofieke-
item.contributorBayon-Vicente, Guillaume-
item.contributorVael, Carl-
item.contributorArien, Kevin K.-
item.contributorDe Mendonca, Ricardo-
item.contributorSoetens, Oriane-
item.contributorMichel, Charlotte-
item.contributorBearzatto, Bertrand-
item.contributorNaesens, Reinout-
item.contributorGras, Jeremie-
item.contributorVankeerberghen, Anne-
item.contributorMatheeussen, Veerle-
item.contributorMartens, Geert-
item.contributorObbels, Dagmar-
item.contributorLemmens, Ann-
item.contributorVan den Poel, Bea-
item.contributorVan Even, Ellen-
item.contributorDe Rauw, Klara-
item.contributorWAUMANS, Luc-
item.contributorReynders , Marijke-
item.contributorDegosserie, Jonathan-
item.contributorMaes, Piet-
item.contributorAndre, Emmanuel-
item.contributorBaele, Guy-
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