WPR: Identifying COVID-19 Variants With DNA Sequencing

On March 4th Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) Communicable Disease Division Director Dr. Allen Bateman joined Kate Archer Kent on Wisconsin Public Radio’s The Morning Show to discuss identifying COVID-19 variants using DNA (aka genomic) sequencing.

The WSLH is one of 4 labs in Wisconsin performing genomic sequencing of COVID-19 virus samples to identify and track the spread of variants in the state.

03/04/2021 The Morning Show interview

02/15/2021 Wisconsin Public Radio story about COVID19 genomic sequencing