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

Alm, Erik, Broberg, Eeva K, Connor, Thomas, Hodcroft, Emma B, Komissarov, Andrey B, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Melidou, Angeliki, Neher, Richard A, O'Toole, Aine and Pereyaslov, Dmitriy (2020) Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020. EUROSURVEILLANCE, 25 (32). pp. 7-14.

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group, WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group*, Humans, Coronavirus, Pneumonia, Viral, Coronavirus Infections, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, RNA, Viral, Base Sequence, Genome, Viral, World Health Organization, Europe, Pandemics, Phylogeography, Spatio-Temporal Analysis, Betacoronavirus, RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	08 Feb 2021 08:15
Last Modified:	23 Mar 2023 02:18
DOI:	10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3110369