Assistant Director
Communicable Disease Division
Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Summary:
This presentation will summarize the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic from a laboratory standpoint, including the virus emerging from China, spreading in the U.S, and an up-to-date epidemiologic situation in Wisconsin and nationwide. The presentation will also discuss building diagnostic PCR capacity, antibody sero-surveys, and whole-genome sequencing.