Tracking SARS-COV-2 Variants Using Nanopore Sequencing in Ukraine in Summer 2021.

ABSTRACT: Since spring 2020, Ukraine has experienced at least two COVID-19 waves and has just entered a third wave in autumn 2021. The use of real-time genomic epidemiology has enabled the tracking of SARS-CoV-2 circulation patterns worldwide, thus informing evidence-based public health decision making, including implementation of travel restrictions and vaccine rollout strategies. However, insufficient capacity for local genetic sequencing in Ukraine and other Lower and Middle-Income countries limit opportunities for similar analyses. Herein, we report local sequencing of 24 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from patient samples collected in Kyiv in July 2021 using Oxford Nanopore MinION technology. Together with other published Ukrainian SARS-COV-2 genomes sequenced mostly abroad, our data suggest that the secon

SUBMITTER: Yakovleva A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647652 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature