Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya

SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in Kenya in March 2020 and there was evidence of local transmission in the following months. Here, the authors characterise the early stages of the epidemic in coastal Kenya using phylogenetics and find evidence of multiple strain importations from international points...

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Main Authors: George Githinji, Zaydah R. de Laurent, Khadija Said Mohammed, Donwilliams O. Omuoyo, Peter M. Macharia, John M. Morobe, Edward Otieno, Samson M. Kinyanjui, Ambrose Agweyu, Eric Maitha, Ben Kitole, Thani Suleiman, Mohamed Mwakinangu, John Nyambu, John Otieno, Barke Salim, Kadondi Kasera, John Kiiru, Rashid Aman, Edwine Barasa, George Warimwe, Philip Bejon, Benjamin Tsofa, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier, D. James Nokes, Charles N. Agoti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25137-x