UNC Charlotte has the only lab in the county that is sequencing positive COVID-19 tests
UNC Charlotte’s Drs. Cynthia Gibas and Jessica Schlueter are running the only lab in Mecklenburg County sequencing positive COVID-19 tests
The latest SARS-CoV-2 data shows that the Delta variant accounts for at least 62% of positive COVID-19 cases in Mecklenburg County. That information was determined by scientists studying the virus’ genetic makeup right on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s campus. It’s all part of a partnership between UNC Charlotte, StarMed Healthcare, and the Mecklenburg County Health Department. Each week, hundreds of positive tests from the county and StarMed are sent to the Bioinformatics and Genomics Lab on UNC Charlotte’s campus that Drs. Cynthia Gibas and Jessica Schlueter run. This is the only lab in the area doing genomic sequencing of positive COVID-19 cases.
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