Complete Genome Sequence of a 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Strain Isolated in Nepal
Ranjit Sah, Alfonso J. Rodríguez‐Morales, Runa Jha, Daniel K. W. Chu, Haogao Gu, Malik Peiris, Anup Bastola, Bibek Kumar Lal, Hemant Chanda Ojha, Ali A. Rabaan, Lysien I. Zambrano, Anthony Costello, Kouichi Morita, Basu Dev Pandey, Leo L. M. Poon
Abstract
A complete genome sequence was obtained for a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain isolated from an oropharyngeal swab specimen of a Nepalese patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), who had returned to Nepal after traveling to Wuhan, China.
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Whole genome sequencingCoronavirusStrain (injury)VirologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)GenomeSequence (biology)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBetacoronavirusBiologyPandemicMedicineGeneOutbreakDiseaseGeneticsPathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)AnatomySARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchBacteriophages and microbial interactionsCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI