What drives the spreading of the coronavirus in a medium-sized European city?
Researchers from the University Hospital Basel and ETH Zurich analysed the determinants of SARS-CoV-2 transmission during the pandemic’s first wave in Basel. The combination of whole genome sequencing with epidemiological, mobility and socioeconomic data revealed the transmission patterns. “Through simulated scenarios, our analysis explores potential vaccination strategies in a city”, says first-author Sarah Brüningk from the group of Karsten Borgwardt.
Find the external pageoriginal article published on the preprint platform MedRxiv (note: this article is in the process of being peer-reviewed).
Watch external pagefeature in SRF Tagesschau, 8 January 2021.
Learn about the Machine Learning and Computational Biology Lab led by Karsten Borgwardt.