Genome Characterization of the First Outbreak of COVID-19 Delta Variant B.1.617.2 - Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, May 2021

Zhencui Li^{1

2}, Kai Nie³, Kuibiao Li⁴, Yao Hu^{1

2}, Yang Song³, Min Kang^{1

2}, Meng Zhang^{1

2}, Xiaoling Deng^{1

2}, Jun Yuan⁴, Wenbo Xu³, Baisheng Li^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Guangdong Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
⁴ Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Zhencui Li et al. China CDC Wkly. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 2;3(27):587-589.

doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.151.

Zhencui Li^{1

2}, Kai Nie³, Kuibiao Li⁴, Yao Hu^{1

2}, Yang Song³, Min Kang^{1

2}, Meng Zhang^{1

2}, Xiaoling Deng^{1

2}, Jun Yuan⁴, Wenbo Xu³, Baisheng Li^{1

2}

¹ Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
² Guangdong Workstation for Emerging Infectious Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, China CDC, Beijing, China.
⁴ Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

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