Publications by authors named "Tajudeen Oladunni Ganiyu"
Article Synopsis
- * Almost 20% of the global Pango lineages were found in Africa, with five dominant lineages emerging over time, and the viruses showed a closer relationship to European strains.
- * The findings highlight important viral characteristics and stress the necessity for enhanced surveillance in Africa to improve public health responses to COVID-19.
Article Synopsis
- COVID-19 dynamics have been extensively studied globally, but limited research has focused on the situation in Africa, prompting an analysis of over 2400 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from 33 African countries.
- The study found that only 143 out of the 782 global Pango lineages circulated in Africa, with five lineages dominating at different times, and revealed significant variation in COVID-19 death rates across the continent.
- Phylogenetic analysis indicated that African viruses are closely related to those in Europe and Oceania, highlighting a need for improved genomic surveillance in Africa to understand the COVID-19 pandemic's dynamics better.
