We show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.

Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020 / E., A., E. K., B., T., C., E. B., H., A. B., K., S., M., A., M., R. A., N., A., O., Niko Beerenwinkel, P.D., Posada-Céspedes, S., Philipp Jablonski, K., Falé Ferreira, P., Topolsky, I., Avšič-Županc, T., Korva, M., Poljak, M., Zakotnik, S., Mark Zorec, T., Bragstad, K., et al.. - In: EUROSURVEILLANCE. - ISSN 1560-7917. - 25:32(2020). [10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410]

Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020

Adriano Tagliabracci
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Federica Alessandrini
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Filomena Melchionda
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Valerio Onofri
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Chiara Turchi
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Patrizia Bagnarelli
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Stefano Menzo
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Sara Caucci
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Laura Di Sante
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2020-01-01

Abstract

We show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2.
2020
COVID-19; NGS; nomenclature; SARS-CoV-2; sequencing; WGS; Base Sequence; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Infections; Europe; Genome, Viral; Humans; Phylogeography; Pneumonia, Viral; RNA Replicase; RNA; Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; World Health Organization; Pandemics
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