Characterizing SARS-CoV-2 genome diversity circulating in South American countries: Signatures of potentially emergent lineages?

Objectives: To evaluate the genomic diversity and geographic distribution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages in South America. Methods: SARS-CoV-2 lineages from a public dataset of 5583 South American genome assemblies were analyzed. Polymorphisms in the main open reading frames were identified and compared to...

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Main Authors: Marina Muñoz, Luz H. Patiño, Nathalia Ballesteros, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Juan David Ramírez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-04-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221001594