Spatiotemporal evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in the Bangkok metropolitan region, Thailand, 2020-2022: implications for future outbreak preparedness.

ABSTRACT: Thailand experienced five waves of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between 2020 and 2022, with the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) being at the centre of all outbreaks. The molecular evolution of the causative agent of the disease, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has previously been characterized in Thailand, but a detailed spatiotemporal analysis is still lacking. In this study, we comprehensively reviewed the development and timelines of the five COVID-19 outbreaks in Thailand and the public health responses, and also conducted a phylogenetic analysis of 27 913 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Thailand, together with 7330 global references, to investigate the virus's spatiotemporal evolution during 2020 and 2022, with a particular focus on the BMR. Limited cros

SUBMITTER: Aiewsakun P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10763513 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature