Comparison of Circulating Variants during the Beginning, Middle and the End of the 4th Wave of COVID-19 in Tehran Province, Iran in 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whole viral genome sequencing with next generation sequencing (NGS) technique is useful tool for determining the diversity of variants and mutations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this study we have attempted to characterize the mutations and circulating variants of the SARSCoV-2 genome during the 4^th wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Tehran, Iran in 2021.

Methods

We performed complete genome sequencing of 15 SARS-CoV-2 detected from 15 COVID-19 patients during the 4^th wave of COVID-19 pandemic with NGS. Three groups of the patients at the beginning, middle and the end of the 4^th wave were compared together.

Results

We detected alpha and delta variants during the 4^th wave of the pan

SUBMITTER: Ahmadi AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10903313 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature