Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 variants collected in Russia during the COVID-19 outbreak.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in December 2019 in China and then spread worldwide over the following months, involving 188 countries. The objective of this study was to determine the molecular epidemiology of the COVID-19 outbreak in Russia.

Methods

In this study, two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains were isolated and genetically characterized. A phylogenetic analysis of all available Russian sequences was then performed and these were compared to the epidemiological data on COVID-19 incidence to evaluate the molecular epidemiology and pattern of virus spread in the territory of Russia.

Results and conclusions

Whole genome analysis of the isolates obtained in this study and 216 others isolate

SUBMITTER: Kozlovskaya L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7834223 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature