SARS-CoV-2 Variants, South Sudan, January-March 2021.

ABSTRACT: As the coronavirus pandemic continues, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequence data are required to inform vaccine efforts. We provide SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from South Sudan and document the dominance of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.525 (Eta variant) during the country's second wave of infection.

SUBMITTER: Bugembe DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8632182 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature