WSLH Microbiologist Tonya Danz loads the flowcell onto the instrument where the SARS-CoV-2 genome is sequenced.
The Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene is one of four laboratories performing genetic sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 virus in Wisconsin patient specimens.
In this story from USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, WSLH Communicable Disease Division Director Al Bateman explains why genetic sequencing surveillance is such a powerful tool for learning where the virus is circulating and how it is changing.