Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2: Adapting Illumina Protocols for Quick and Accurate Outbreak Investigation during a Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread very fast around the world. A few days after the first detected case in South Africa, an infection started in a large hospital outbreak in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Phylogenetic analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) genomes can b...

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Main Authors: Sureshnee Pillay, Jennifer Giandhari, Houriiyah Tegally, Eduan Wilkinson, Benjamin Chimukangara, Richard Lessells, Yunus Moosa, Stacey Mattison, Inbal Gazy, Maryam Fish, Lavanya Singh, Khulekani Sedwell Khanyile, James Emmanuel San, Vagner Fonseca, Marta Giovanetti, Luiz Carlos Jr. Alcantara, Tulio de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/8/949