SARS-CoV-2 Genetic Diversity and Lineage Dynamics in Egypt during the First 18 Months of the Pandemic

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 14; no. 9; p. 1878
• Main Authors: Roshdy, Wael H., Khalifa, Mohamed K., San, James Emmanuel, Tegally, Houriiyah, Wilkinson, Eduan, Showky, Shymaa, Martin, Darren Patrick, Moir, Monika, Naguib, Amel, Elguindy, Nancy, Gomaa, Mokhtar R., Fahim, Manal, Abu Elsood, Hanaa, Mohsen, Amira, Galal, Ramy, Hassany, Mohamed, Lessells, Richard J., Al-Karmalawy, Ahmed A., EL-Shesheny, Rabeh, Kandeil, Ahmed M., Ali, Mohamed A., de Oliveira, Tulio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 25.08.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 infection; Egypt; Egypt - epidemiology; Epidemics; Epidemiology; Genetic aspects; Genetic diversity; genetic variation; genome; genomic epidemiology; Genomics; Humans; immunity; Laboratories; monitoring; Mutation; pandemic; Pandemics; Phylogeny; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Virus research; Egypt; United States > US; Spain; genomic epidemiology; SARS-CoV-2; Egypt

COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Egypt on 14 February 2020. By the end of November 2021, over 333,840 cases and 18,832 deaths had been reported. As part of the national genomic surveillance, 1027 SARS-CoV-2 near whole-genomes were generated and published by the end of July 2021. Here we describe the...