SARS-CoV-2 Variants, South Sudan, January–March 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bugembe, Daniel Lule ; Phan, My V.T. ; Abias, Abe G. ; Ayei, James ; Deng, Lul Lojok ; Lako, Richard Lino Loro ; Rumunu, John ; Kaleebu, Pontiano ; Wamala, Joseph Francis ; HM, Juma John ; Lodiongo, Dennis Kenyi ; Bunga, Sudhir ; Cotten, Matthew
• Description:
  As the coronavirus pandemic continues, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequence data are required to inform vaccine efforts. We provide SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from South Sudan and document the dominance of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.525 (Eta variant) during the country's second wave of infection.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Pandemics Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(12):3133-3136
• Pubmed ID:
  34708685
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8632182
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome TrustUnited Kingdom/
• Place as Subject:
  South Sudan
• Location:
  South Africa
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e1889b40cb30125b027b22e59f39354471da547112adbef7d297dbab50a29df3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112628/cdc_112628_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.72 MB ]