Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2021)

SARS-CoV-2 Sequence Analysis during COVID-19 Case Surge, Liberia, 2021

  • Bode Shobayo,
  • Mitali Mishra,
  • Stephen Sameroff,
  • Alexandra Petrosov,
  • James Ng,
  • Alper Gokden,
  • Jane MaCauley,
  • Komal Jain,
  • Courtney Renken,
  • James Tanu Duworko,
  • Moses Badio,
  • Wilhemina Jallah,
  • Lisa Hensley,
  • Thomas Briese,
  • W. Ian Lipkin,
  • Nischay Mishra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2712.211818
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 12
pp. 3185 – 3188

Abstract

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In June 2021, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cases surged in Liberia. SARS-CoV-2 sequences from patients hospitalized during March–July 2021 revealed the Delta variant was in Liberia in early March and was dominant in June, irrespective of geography. Mutations and deletions suggest multiple SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant introductions.

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