SARS-CoV-2 Variants, South Sudan, January-March 2021

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Dec;27(12):3133-3136. doi: 10.3201/eid2712.211488. Epub 2021 Oct 28.

Abstract

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequence data are required to inform vaccine efforts. We provide SARS-CoV-2 sequence data from South Sudan and document the dominance of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.525 (Eta variant) during the country's second wave of infection.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; South Sudan; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variants; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics
  • SARS-CoV-2*
  • South Sudan / epidemiology