Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

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

  • Andrey B. Komissarov,
  • Ksenia R. Safina,
  • Sofya K. Garushyants,
  • Artem V. Fadeev,
  • Mariia V. Sergeeva,
  • Anna A. Ivanova,
  • Daria M. Danilenko,
  • Dmitry Lioznov,
  • Olga V. Shneider,
  • Nikita Shvyrev,
  • Vadim Spirin,
  • Dmitry Glyzin,
  • Vladimir Shchur,
  • Georgii A. Bazykin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20880-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The COVID-19 epidemic began later in Russia than many European countries, possibly due to restrictions on travel from China. Here, the authors analyze whole genome sequences sampled early in the epidemic in Russia, and find that most strains were not linked to China.