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Geographical and Temporal Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 Clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020

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Journal Euro Surveill
Specialty Infectious Diseases
Date 2020 Aug 15
PMID 32794443
Citations 137
Authors
Erik Alm
Eeva K Broberg
Thomas Connor
Emma B Hodcroft
Andrey B Komissarov
Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
Angeliki Melidou
Richard A Neher
Aine OToole
Dmitriy Pereyaslov
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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.

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