Communications Medicine (Jun 2022)
The phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 during 2020 in Finland
- Phuoc Truong Nguyen,
- Ravi Kant,
- Frederik Van den Broeck,
- Maija T. Suvanto,
- Hussein Alburkat,
- Jenni Virtanen,
- Ella Ahvenainen,
- Robert Castren,
- Samuel L. Hong,
- Guy Baele,
- Maarit J. Ahava,
- Hanna Jarva,
- Suvi Tuulia Jokiranta,
- Hannimari Kallio-Kokko,
- Eliisa Kekäläinen,
- Vesa Kirjavainen,
- Elisa Kortela,
- Satu Kurkela,
- Maija Lappalainen,
- Hanna Liimatainen,
- Marc A. Suchard,
- Sari Hannula,
- Pekka Ellonen,
- Tarja Sironen,
- Philippe Lemey,
- Olli Vapalahti,
- Teemu Smura
Affiliations
- Phuoc Truong Nguyen
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Ravi Kant
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Frederik Van den Broeck
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
- Maija T. Suvanto
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Hussein Alburkat
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Jenni Virtanen
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Ella Ahvenainen
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Robert Castren
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Samuel L. Hong
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
- Guy Baele
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
- Maarit J. Ahava
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Hanna Jarva
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Suvi Tuulia Jokiranta
- Translational Immunology Research Program, University of Helsinki
- Hannimari Kallio-Kokko
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Eliisa Kekäläinen
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Vesa Kirjavainen
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Elisa Kortela
- Infectious Diseases, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Satu Kurkela
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Maija Lappalainen
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Hanna Liimatainen
- HUS Diagnostic Center, HUSLAB, Clinical Microbiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital
- Marc A. Suchard
- Departments of Biomathematics, Biostatistics and Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Sari Hannula
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)
- Pekka Ellonen
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)
- Tarja Sironen
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Philippe Lemey
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven
- Olli Vapalahti
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- Teemu Smura
- Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00130-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Truong Nguyen, Kant, Van den Broeck et al. report the SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in Finland in 2020. Phylogeographic analysis suggests that 42 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions into Finland occurred, with a single introduction seeding one third of cases in the spring.
