Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the UAE reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host immune response

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the UAE reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host immune response

Abstract To unravel the source of SARS-CoV-2 introduction and the pattern of its spreading and evolution in the United Arab Emirates, we conducted meta-transcriptome sequencing of 1067 nasopharyngeal swab samples collected between May 9th and Jun 29th, 2020 during the first peak of the local COVID-1...

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Main Authors: Rong Liu, Pei Wu, Pauline Ogrodzki, Sally Mahmoud, Ke Liang, Pengjuan Liu, Stephen S. Francis, Hanif Khalak, Denghui Liu, Junhua Li, Tao Ma, Fang Chen, Weibin Liu, Xinyu Huang, Wenjun He, Zhaorong Yuan, Nan Qiao, Xin Meng, Budoor Alqarni, Javier Quilez, Vinay Kusuma, Long Lin, Xin Jin, Chongguang Yang, Xavier Anton, Ashish Koshy, Huanming Yang, Xun Xu, Jian Wang, Peng Xiao, Nawal Al Kaabi, Mohammed Saifuddin Fasihuddin, Francis Amirtharaj Selvaraj, Stefan Weber, Farida Ismail Al Hosani, Siyang Liu, Walid Abbas Zaher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92851-3

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92851-3

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