Tracking the genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Nicaragua throughout the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 4817 - 12
• Main Authors: Alemán, Gerald Vásquez, Cerpas, Cristhiam, Juarez, Jose G., Moreira, Hanny, Arguello, Sonia, Coloma, Josefina, Harris, Eva, Gordon, Aubree, Bennett, Shannon N., Balmaseda, Ángel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.02.2025; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/699/255; 692/700/478; 692/700/478/174; Comparative analysis; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - virology; Epidemiology; Evolution; Genetic diversity; Genetic Variation; Genome, Viral; Genomic analysis; Genomics; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; multidisciplinary; Mutation; Next-generation sequencing; Nicaragua - epidemiology; Pandemics; Phylogeny; Public health; SARS-CoV-2 - classification; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveillance; Nicaragua; Central America

The global circulation of SARS-CoV-2 has been extensively documented; however, the dynamics within Central America, particularly Nicaragua, remain underexplored. This study characterizes the genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Nicaragua from March 2020 through December 2022, utilizing 1064 genomes ob...