Molecular epidemiology and diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Ethiopia, 2020–2022

A Sisay, D Tshiabuila, S van Wyk, A Tesfaye… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa and the sixth most affected by COVID-
19 on the continent. Despite having experienced five infection waves,> 499,000 cases, and …

[HTML][HTML] Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 Beta-like variant in coastal Kenya after more than a year of disappearance

AW Lambisia, JU Nyiro, JM Morobe… - Wellcome Open …, 2023 - wellcomeopenresearch.org
Continuous genomic surveillance is necessary and important to inform emergence of new
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants and resurgence of …

A new Omicron lineage with Spike Y451H mutation that dominated a new COVID-19 wave in Kilifi, Coastal Kenya: March-May 2023

MJ Mwanga, AW Lambisia, JM Morobe, N Murunga… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
We report a newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineage, named FY. 4, that has two
unique mutations; spike: Y451H and ORF3a: P42L. FY. 4 emergence has coincided with …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within households in coastal Kenya: a case ascertained cohort study

CN Agoti, KE Gallagher, J Nyiro, AW Lambisia… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Background Analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
genomic sequence data from household infections should aid its detailed epidemiological …