Phylogeography of 27,000 SARS-CoV-2 genomes: Europe as the major source of the COVID-19 pandemic

T Rito, MB Richards, M Pala, M Correia-Neves… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 emerged from a zoonotic transmission in China
towards the end of 2019, rapidly leading to a global pandemic on a scale not seen for a …

Geographic and genomic distribution of SARS-CoV-2 mutations

D Mercatelli, FM Giorgi - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The novel respiratory disease COVID-19 has reached the status of worldwide pandemic and
large efforts are currently being undertaken in molecularly characterizing the virus causing it …

Emergence of genomic diversity and recurrent mutations in SARS-CoV-2

L Van Dorp, M Acman, D Richard, LP Shaw… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
SARS-CoV-2 is a SARS-like coronavirus of likely zoonotic origin first identified in December
2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province. The virus has since spread globally …

Large scale genomic analysis of 3067 SARS-CoV-2 genomes reveals a clonal geo-distribution and a rich genetic variations of hotspots mutations

M Laamarti, T Alouane, S Kartti, MW Chemao-Elfihri… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
In late December 2019, an emerging viral infection COVID-19 was identified in Wuhan,
China, and became a global pandemic. Characterization of the genetic variants of SARS …

Evolutionary trajectory of diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants at the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak

JX Lv, X Liu, YY Pei, ZG Song, X Chen, SJ Hu… - Virus …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Despite extensive scientific efforts directed toward the evolutionary trajectory of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in humans at the beginning of the COVID …

Genomic epidemiology of the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Russia

AB Komissarov, KR Safina, SK Garushyants… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 presents novel challenges and opportunities for the
use of phylogenetics to understand and control its spread. Here, we analyze the emergence …

Genomic diversity and hotspot mutations in 30,983 SARS-CoV-2 genomes: moving toward a universal vaccine for the “confined virus”?

T Alouane, M Laamarti, A Essabbar, M Hakmi… - Pathogens, 2020 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing since its onset in late November 2019 in
Wuhan, China. Understanding and monitoring the genetic evolution of the virus, its …

Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Beijing during 2022: an epidemiological and phylogenetic analysis

Y Pan, L Wang, Z Feng, H Xu, F Li, Y Shen, D Zhang… - The lancet, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Due to the national dynamic zero-COVID strategy in China, there were no
persistent local transmissions of SARS-CoV-2 in Beijing before December, 2022. However …

Emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants in the Netherlands

A Urhan, T Abeel - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has emerged in December 2019 when the
first case was reported in Wuhan, China and turned into a pandemic with 27 million …

Genetic diversity and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in Belgium during the first wave outbreak

T Wawina-Bokalanga, J Martí-Carreras… - bioRxiv, 2021 - biorxiv.org
Abstract SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19 was first detected in Belgium on 3rd
February 2020, albeit the first epidemiological wave started in March and ended in June …