Alm, ErikBroberg, Eeva KConnor, ThomasHodcroft, Emma BKomissarov, Andrey BMaurer-Stroh, SebastianMelidou, AngelikiNeher, Richard AO’Toole, ÁinePereyaslov, DmitriyWHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV groupWHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group2021-05-062021-05-062020-08Euro Surveill. 2020 Aug;25(32):2001410. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.20014101560-7917http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7722The WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group: INSA - Vítor Borges, Joana Isidro, João Paulo Gomes, Raquel Guiomar, Pedro Pechirra, Inês Costa, Sílvia Duarte, Luís VieiraWe show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.engBase SequenceBetacoronavirusCOVID-19CoronavirusCoronavirus InfectionsEuropeGenome, ViralHumansPhylogeographyPneumonia, ViralRNA, ViralRNA-Dependent RNA PolymeraseSARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory SyndromeSpatio-Temporal AnalysisWorld Health OrganizationPandemicsWGSWhole Genome SequencingNomenclatureSequencingInfecções Respiratóriasjournal article10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410