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. 2022 Feb 17;11(2):e0118221.
doi: 10.1128/mra.01182-21. Epub 2022 Feb 3.

SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequence Obtained from Ethiopia

Molalegne Bitew  1 , Getnet Hailu  2 , Yakob Gebregziabher Tsegay  3 , Keyru Tuki  1 , Kominist Asmamaw  1 , Kassahun Tesfaye  1 , Hailu Dadi  1 , Emanuele Orsini  4 , Simeone Dal Monego  5 , Danilo Licastro  5 , Alessandro Marcello  4
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SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequence Obtained from Ethiopia

Molalegne Bitew et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

The coding-complete severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genome sequences from 15 nasopharyngeal swabs collected in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, during the period from December 2020 to March 2021 were determined using Illumina MiSeq technology. A sequence analysis identified that the B.1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage was most prevalent with the worrying emergence of B.1.1.7 in June 2021.

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FIG 1
Phylogenetic analysis of sequenced SARS-CoV-2 samples from Ethiopia. Each box highlights phylogenetic relationships of samples within each lineage.
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