Full-genome sequences of the first two SARS-CoV-2 viruses from India

• Published in: Indian journal of medical research (New Delhi, India : 1994) Vol. 151; no. 2; pp. 200 - 209
• Main Authors: Yadav, Pragya, Potdar, Varsha, Choudhary, Manohar, Nyayanit, Dimpal, Agrawal, Megha, Jadhav, Santosh, Majumdar, Triparna, Shete-Aich, Anita, Basu, Atanu, Abraham, Priya, Cherian, Sarah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.02.2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Scientific Scholar; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
• Subjects: Betacoronavirus - genetics; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte - genetics; Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte - genetics; Genome, Viral; Genomics; Humans; India; Laboratories; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Models, Molecular; Original; Pandemics; Phylogeny; Pneumonia, Viral; Protein Structure, Tertiary; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus - genetics; Viruses; Whole genome sequencing; India; China; United States > US; Germany; genomes; Epitope; next-generation sequencing; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; phylogeny; Kerala; India

Background & objectives: Since December 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has globally affected 195 countries. In India, suspected cases were screened for SARS-CoV-2 as per the advisory of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The objective of this study was...