A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa

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Title: A year of genomic surveillance reveals how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic unfolded in Africa
Contributor: Wilkinson, Eduan; Giovanetti, Marta; Tegally, Houriiyah; San, James E.; Lessells, Richard; Cuadros, Diego; Martin, Darren P.; Rasmussen, David A.; Zekri, Abdel-Rahman N.; Sangare, Abdoul K.; Ouedraogo, Abdoul-Salam; Sesay, Abdul K.; Priscilla, Abechi; Kemi, Adedotun-Sulaiman; Olubusuyi, Adewunmi M.; Oluwapelumi, Adeyemi O. O.; Hammami, Adnène; Amuri, Adrienne A.; Sayed, Ahmad; Ouma, Ahmed E. O.; Elargoubi, Aida; Ajayi, Nnennaya A.; Victoria, Ajogbasile F.; Kazeem, Akano; [...]
imprint: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021
Published in: Science
Language: English
DOI: 10.1126/science.abj4336
ISSN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
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Description: <jats:title>SARS-CoV-2 across Africa</jats:title> <jats:p> The impact of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has been hard to track in African countries, largely because of patchy data. Wilkinson <jats:italic>et al</jats:italic> . curated viral genomes collected in 2021 from several countries across the continent. Outbreaks during 2020 in each African country were initiated by imported cases, mostly from Europe. As the pandemic developed, case numbers in African countries were likely many times higher than reported, and subsequent waves of the pandemic appear to have been more severe. Consequently, high-transmission variants have emerged that have spread within the continent, and African countries must be included in global control efforts. —CA </jats:p>

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