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Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020

  • The WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group
  • European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  • Public Health Wales
  • Cardiff University
  • University of Basel
  • Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
  • National University of Singapore
  • Ministry of Health, Government of Singapore
  • Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID)
  • University of Edinburgh
  • World Health Organization

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Abstract

We show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2001410
JournalEurosurveillance
Volume25
Issue number32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Bibliographical note

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© 2020 Turkish Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.

Funding

FundersFunder number
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme721367

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    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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