# Surveillance for the Spread of COVID-19 Variants through South Dakota

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA · 2021 · $155,569

## Abstract

Project Summary
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the cause of the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has currently caused over 30 million
illnesses and 550,000 deaths in the United States. Variants that show changes in
transmissibility (B.1.1.7 variant) and antigenic recognition (B.1.35 and P.1 variants) have
recently emerged. The impact of these variants on immune and non-immune populations
remains unknown. Within South Dakota, high rates of SARS-CoV-2 infections have occurred
since the start of the pandemic, resulting in extra stress on our healthcare infrastructure,
especially in our medically underserved communities. In direct response to the Notice of
Special Interest (NOSI): Urgent Competitive Revisions to IDeA and NARCH Programs for
SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Studies, the current supplement proposes expanding our efforts in
SARS-CoV-2 surveillance. Specifically, next-generation sequencing will be conducted on the
clinical samples to increase our surveillance efforts, including in the tourism-heavy western
portion of South Dakota. To achieve our research goals, a subset of clinical samples collected
in South Dakota will be sequenced each month. These sequences will be used to determine
how the incidence of variants in South Dakota counties relates to the number of cases over
time. The goal is to determine whether a particular variant is associated with outbreak events
within distinct geographical locations and specific times. The resulting findings will help
advance research on the spread and evolution of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in underserved
communities throughout the state. These findings will provide critical information regarding
circulating variants in areas of the underserved Midwest that are expected to see significant
increases in tourism in the coming months.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10381286
- **Project number:** 3P20GM103443-19S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA
- **Principal Investigator:** BARBARA EASON GOODMAN
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $155,569
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2001-09-24 → 2025-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10381286

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10381286, Surveillance for the Spread of COVID-19 Variants through South Dakota (3P20GM103443-19S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-01 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10381286. Licensed CC0.

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