{"id":1035,"date":"2021-07-23T20:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2021-07-23T20:35:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:35:55","slug":"covid-sequencing-lancet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cov19longhaulfoundation.org\/?p=1035","title":{"rendered":"COVID Sequencing LANCET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authors: Seth C Inzaule<\/a>, Alan Christoffels<\/a>, Yenew Kebede<\/a>, Tulio de Oliveira<\/a>, Ahmed E Ogwell Ouma<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Timely sequencing of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) coupled with rapid data sharing has allowed researchers to develop counter-measures against the virus such as diagnostic tests and vaccines,1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0and assess transmission and evolution dynamics as the virus spreads globally. Despite the minimal resources available in the African continent, local experts have risen to the challenge and adopted genomics-based surveillance to guide the outbreak response.2<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0As of June 19, 2020, a total of 568 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences had been shared from 12 African countries and are providing insight into the ongoing epidemiology of the virus.Early findings from genome sequencing have shown that SARS-CoV-2 strains circulating in Africa are assigned to 20 imported lineages, ranging from three lineages in Nigeria to ten in Kenya.3<\/a>,\u00a04<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0The majority of the SARS-CoV-2 sequences are of B.1 (65%) and B.1.1 (15%) lineages, which are thought to be predominantly of European origin (appendix<\/a>). The next most predominant lineage was A (5%), which originated in China. Therefore, sequencing has revealed that multiple lineages have been introduced into the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For More Information: https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lanmic\/article\/PIIS2666-5247(20)30117-8\/fulltext<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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