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Editorial
. 2022 Jan-Feb:45:102234.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102234. Epub 2021 Dec 8.

Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts - What is known so far?

Sujan Poudel  1 , Angela Ishak  1 , Javier Perez-Fernandez  2 , Efrain Garcia  3 , Darwin A León-Figueroa  4 , Luccio Romaní  5 , D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana  6 , Alfonso J Rodriguez-Morales  7
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Editorial

Highly mutated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant sparks significant concern among global experts - What is known so far?

Sujan Poudel et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2022 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Emerging; Omicron; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2; Variant of concern.

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Omicron variant of concern. Global case distribution, molecular characteristics and phylodynamics (by GISAID analyses), up to December 3, 2021 (https://www.gisaid.org/). Total of cases per country: United States (40), Canada (28), Brazil (5), Japan (3), Switzerland (9), Spain (11), Portugal (13), France (11), Netherlands (27), Belgium (17), Luxembourg (1), Czech Republic (1), Croatia (1), Norway (14), Romania (2), Russia (2), Austria (17), Sweden (5), United Kingdom (334), Ireland (2), Italy (6), Germany (15), Denmark (5), Nepal (2), India (5), Maldives (1), Sri Lanka (1), Thailand (1), Malaysia (1), Singapore (6), South Korea (3), Hong Kong (13), Australia (22), Israel (12), Botswana (33), Ghana (33), Nigeria (6), Reunion (2), South Africa (398), Finland (1), Mexico (1). Updated on December 8, 2021.
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