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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Dec 14;28(2).
doi: 10.3201/eid2802.212182. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 Circulation, Guinea, March 2020-July 2021
Solène Grayo, Cécile Troupin, Moussa Moïse Diagne, Houlou Sagno, Isabelle Ellis, Bakary Doukouré, Amadou Diallo, Jean-Mathieu Bart, Mohamed Lamine Kaba, Benoit Henry, Billy Sivahera Muyisa, Mamadou Saliou Sow, Ndongo Dia, Ousmane Faye, Keita Sakoba, Noël Tordo
- PMID: 34906290
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2802.212182
Abstract
This overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 circulation over 1.5 years in Guinea demonstrates that virus clades and variants of interest and concern were progressively introduced, mostly by travellers through Conakry, before spreading through the country. Sequencing is key to following virus evolution and establishing efficient control strategies.
Keywords: COVID-19; Guinea; SARS-CoV-2; West Africa; complete genome sequencing; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variants; viruses; zoonoses.