SARS-CoV-2 variant with the spike protein mutation F306L in the southern border provinces of Thailand.

ABSTRACT: The southernmost part of Thailand is a unique and culturally diverse region that has been greatly affected by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. To gain insights into this situation, we analyzed 1942 whole-genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 obtained from the five southernmost provinces of Thailand between April 2021 and March 2022, together with those publicly available in the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data database. Our analysis revealed evidence for transboundary transmissions of the virus in and out of the five southernmost provinces during the study period, from both domestic and international sources. The most prevalent viral variant in our sequence dataset was the Delta B.1.617.2.85 vari

SUBMITTER: Sila T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10987673 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature