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- * A study analyzed 23 genomes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from hospitalized patients in Thailand between January and March 2020 and identified six different lineages of the virus.
- * The dominant lineage was A.6, and several patients who traveled from China were found to be infected with different variants, demonstrating the early presence of diverse virus strains in Thailand.
Article Abstract
In early January 2020, Thailand became the first country where a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patient was identified outside China. In this study, 23 whole genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) from patients who were hospitalized from January to March 2020 were analyzed, along with their travel histories. Six lineages were identified including A, A.6, B, B.1, B.1.8, and B.58, among which lineage A.6 was dominant. Seven patients were from China who traveled to Thailand in January and early February. Five of them were infected with the B lineage virus, and the other two cases were infected with different lineages including A and A.6. These findings present clear evidence of the early introduction of diverse SARS-CoV-2 clades in Thailand.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8251142 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1348-0421.12883 | DOI Listing |
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