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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 2;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202575. Online ahead of print.
Main Routes of Entry and Genomic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2, Uganda
Daniel Lule Bugembe, John Kayiwa, My V T Phan, Phiona Tushabe, Stephen Balinandi, Beatrice Dhaala, Jonas Lexow, Henry Mwebesa, Jane Aceng, Henry Kyobe, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu, Matthew Cotten
Abstract
We established rapid local viral sequencing to document the genomic diversity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 entering Uganda. Virus lineages closely followed the travel origins of infected persons. Our sequence data provide an important baseline for tracking any further transmission of the virus throughout the country and region.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Uganda; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul 2;26(10).
doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202575. Online ahead of print.
Main Routes of Entry and Genomic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2, Uganda
Daniel Lule Bugembe, John Kayiwa, My V T Phan, Phiona Tushabe, Stephen Balinandi, Beatrice Dhaala, Jonas Lexow, Henry Mwebesa, Jane Aceng, Henry Kyobe, Deogratius Ssemwanga, Julius Lutwama, Pontiano Kaleebu, Matthew Cotten
- PMID: 32614767
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2610.202575
Abstract
We established rapid local viral sequencing to document the genomic diversity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 entering Uganda. Virus lineages closely followed the travel origins of infected persons. Our sequence data provide an important baseline for tracking any further transmission of the virus throughout the country and region.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Uganda; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.