SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity and Lineage Dynamics in Egypt during the First 18 Months of the Pandemic

SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity and Lineage Dynamics in Egypt during the First 18 Months of the Pandemic

COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Egypt on 14 February 2020. By the end of November 2021, over 333,840 cases and 18,832 deaths had been reported. As part of the national genomic surveillance, 1027 SARS-CoV-2 near whole-genomes were generated and published by the end of July 2021. Here we describe the...

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Main Authors: Wael H. Roshdy, Mohamed K. Khalifa, James Emmanuel San, Houriiyah Tegally, Eduan Wilkinson, Shymaa Showky, Darren Patrick Martin, Monika Moir, Amel Naguib, Nancy Elguindy, Mokhtar R. Gomaa, Manal Fahim, Hanaa Abu Elsood, Amira Mohsen, Ramy Galal, Mohamed Hassany, Richard J. Lessells, Ahmed A. Al-Karmalawy, Rabeh EL-Shesheny, Ahmed M. Kandeil, Mohamed A. Ali, Tulio de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
genomic epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Egypt
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/14/9/1878

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