Molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Mongolia, first experience with nanopore sequencing in lower- and middle-income countries setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had a significant impact globally, and extensive genomic research has been conducted on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage patterns and its variants. Mongolia's effective response resulted in low prevalence until vaccinations became available. However, due to the lack of systematically collected data and absence of whole genome sequencing capabilities, we conducted a two-stepped, nationally representative molecular epidemiologic study of SARS-CoV-2 in Mongolia for 2020 and 2021.

Methods

We used retrospective analysis of stored biological samples from November 2020 to October 2021 and a variant-specific real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test to detect SARS-CoV-2 va

SUBMITTER: Erendereg M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10716720 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature