Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2021)

Genetic Diversity of SARS-CoV-2 among Travelers Arriving in Hong Kong

  • Haogao Gu,
  • Daniel K.W. Chu,
  • Lydia D.J. Chang,
  • Sammi S.Y. Cheuk,
  • Shreya Gurung,
  • Pavithra Krishnan,
  • Daisy Y.M. Ng,
  • Gigi Y.Z. Liu,
  • Carrie K.C. Wan,
  • Ruopeng Xie,
  • Samuel S.M. Cheng,
  • Benjamin J. Cowling,
  • Dominic N.C. Tsang,
  • Malik Peiris,
  • Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran,
  • Leo L.M. Poon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2710.211028
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 10
pp. 2666 – 2668

Abstract

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We sequenced 10% of imported severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections detected in travelers to Hong Kong and revealed the genomic diversity of regions of origin, including lineages not previously reported from those countries. Our results suggest that international or regional travel hubs might be useful surveillance sites to monitor sequence diversity.

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