{"id":1247,"date":"2021-07-30T18:58:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1247"},"modified":"2021-07-30T18:58:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T18:58:10","slug":"genomic-sequencing-what-it-is-and-how-its-being-used-against-covid-19-in-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1247","title":{"rendered":"Genomic sequencing: what it is and how it&#8217;s being used against Covid-19 in Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/elias-visontay\">Elias Visontay<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/EliasVisontay\">@EliasVisontay<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is genomic sequencing?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Genomic sequencing analyses the virus sample taken from a diagnosed patient and compares it with other cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">Prior to Covid-19, genomic sequencing has been used in Australia to trace the source of outbreaks of food-borne bacteria and hospital infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:24px\">After a Covid-19 test (which gathers saliva from the back of the throat and nose) returns a positive result, the swab used goes through several steps to separate the RNA molecules from mucus proteins so they can be captured, then converted into DNA that can be read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">For More Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jul\/05\/genomic-sequencing-testing-coronavirus-what-is-it-how-used-australia-victoria-melbourne-covid-19-clusters-hotspots-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/jul\/05\/genomic-sequencing-testing-coronavirus-what-is-it-how-used-australia-victoria-melbourne-covid-19-clusters-hotspots-outbreak<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authors: Elias Visontay@EliasVisontay What is genomic sequencing? Genomic sequencing analyses the virus sample taken from a diagnosed patient and compares it with other cases. Prior to Covid-19, genomic sequencing has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,189],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epidemiology","category-genomics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}