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Editorial
. 2021 May:41:100877.
doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100877. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Senegal

A Padane  1   2 , A Kanteh  3 , N Leye  1 , A Mboup  1 , J Manneh  3 , M Mbow  1 , P A Diaw  1 , B P Ndiaye  1 , G Lo  1 , C I Lo  2 , A Ahoudi  1 , A Gueye-Gaye  1 , J J N Malomar  4 , A Dia  1 , Y A Dia  1 , N D Diagne  1 , D Wade  1 , A K Sesay  3 , N C Toure-Kane  1 , U Dalessandro  3 , S Mboup  1
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Editorial

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Senegal

A Padane et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2021 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Senegal; UK variant; british variant; genome sequencing.

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Distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineages in Senegal.
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Phylogenetic tree showing Senegal's new variant clustering with 201/50Y.V1 variant.
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