Emerging Infectious Diseases (Feb 2022)

SARS-CoV-2 Circulation, Guinea, March 2020–July 2021

  • Solène Grayo,
  • Cécile Troupin,
  • Moussa Moïse Diagne,
  • Houlou Sagno,
  • Isabelle Ellis,
  • Bakary Doukouré,
  • Amadou Diallo,
  • Jean-Mathieu Bart,
  • Mohamed Lamine Kaba,
  • Benoit Henry,
  • Billy Sivahera Muyisa,
  • Mamadou Saliou Sow,
  • Ndongo Dia,
  • Ousmane Faye,
  • Sakoba Keita,
  • Noël Tordo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.212182
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 457 – 460

Abstract

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This overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 circulation over 1.5 years in Guinea demonstrates that virus clades and variants of interest and concern were progressively introduced, mostly by travellers through Conakry, before spreading through the country. Sequencing is key to following virus evolution and establishing efficient control strategies.

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