Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Two SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from Early Manifestations of COVID-19 in Israel

Inbar Cohen-Gihon; Ofir Israeli; Ohad Shifman; Dana Stein; Hagit Achdout; Shay Weiss; Michal Mandelboim; Oran Erster; Gili Regev-Yochay; Gad Segal; Shmuel Yitzhaki; Shmuel C Shapira; Adi Beth-Din; Anat Zvi

doi:10.1128/MRA.00677-20

Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Two SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from Early Manifestations of COVID-19 in Israel

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jul 9;9(28):e00677-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00677-20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
³ Central Virology Laboratory, Israel Ministry of Health, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
⁴ Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
⁵ Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel.
⁶ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Israel Institute for Biological Research, Ness-Ziona, Israel anatz@iibr.gov.il.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We announce the genome sequences of two strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated in Israel, one imported by a traveler who returned from Japan and the second strain collected from a patient infected by a traveler returning from Italy. The sequences obtained are valuable as early manifestations for future follow-up of the local spread of the virus in Israel.