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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Oct 27;27(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2712.211818. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Analysis during COVID-19 Case Surge, Liberia, 2021
Bode Shobayo, Mitali Mishra, Stephen Sameroff, Alexandra Petrosov, James Ng, Alper Gokden, Jane MaCauley, Komal Jain, Courtney Renken, James Tanu Duworko, Moses Badio, Wilhemina Jallah, Lisa Hensley, Thomas Briese, W Ian Lipkin, Nischay Mishra
Abstract
In June 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases surged in Liberia. SARS-CoV-2 sequences from patients hospitalized during March-July 2021 revealed the Delta variant was in Liberia in early March and was dominant in June, irrespective of geography. Mutations and deletions suggest multiple SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant introductions.
Keywords: COVID-19; Delta variant; Liberia; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variants of concern; virus evolution; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Oct 27;27(12).
doi: 10.3201/eid2712.211818. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Analysis during COVID-19 Case Surge, Liberia, 2021
Bode Shobayo, Mitali Mishra, Stephen Sameroff, Alexandra Petrosov, James Ng, Alper Gokden, Jane MaCauley, Komal Jain, Courtney Renken, James Tanu Duworko, Moses Badio, Wilhemina Jallah, Lisa Hensley, Thomas Briese, W Ian Lipkin, Nischay Mishra
- PMID: 34708683
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2712.211818
Abstract
In June 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases surged in Liberia. SARS-CoV-2 sequences from patients hospitalized during March-July 2021 revealed the Delta variant was in Liberia in early March and was dominant in June, irrespective of geography. Mutations and deletions suggest multiple SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant introductions.
Keywords: COVID-19; Delta variant; Liberia; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variants of concern; virus evolution; viruses; zoonoses.