Emergence and expansion of highly infectious spike protein D614G mutant SARS-CoV-2 in central India.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 has emerged as global pandemic with largest damage to the public health, economy and human psyche.The genome sequence data obtained during the ongoing pandemic are valuable to understand the virus evolutionary patterns and spread across the globe. Increased availability of genome information of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in India will enable the scientific community to understand the emergence of new variants and their impact on human health. The first case of COVID-19 was detected in Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh state in mid of March 2020 followed by multiple introduction events and expansion of cases within next three months. More than 5000 COVID-19 suspected samples referred to Defence Research and Development Establishment, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh were analyzed during

SUBMITTER: Sharma S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature