Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020

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Alm E., Broberg E. K., Connor T., Hodcroft E. B., Komissarov A. B., Maurer-Stroh S., ...More

Eurosurveillance, vol.25, no.32, 2020 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 32
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.2807/1560-7917.es.2020.25.32.2001410
  • Journal Name: Eurosurveillance
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, PASCAL, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.