Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Nepal

  • Binod Khadka
  • , Rajindra Napit
  • , Kathie A. Mihindukulasuriya
  • , Smita Shrestha
  • , Ramanuj Rauniyar
  • , Eans T. Tuladhar
  • , Lindsay Droit
  • , Anne M. Paredes
  • , Runa Jha
  • , Roji Raut
  • , Bimalesh K. Jha
  • , Scott A. Handley
  • , Annie Elong-Ngono
  • , Sujan Shresta
  • , David Wang
  • , Krishna D. Manandhar

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Abstract

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nepal, like other countries, faced emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. To evaluate the circulating variants, 278 samples collected between September 2021 and March 2022 were sequenced in the country. From these, 229 high-quality genomes were obtained (82.97% Omicron and 17.03% Delta) highlighting the genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Nepal.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMicrobiology Resource Announcements
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2024

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Illumina
  • coronavirus
  • whole-genome sequencing

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