Genomic and epidemiological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in Africa.

• Main Authors: Jones Lamptey (Author), Favour Oluwapelumi Oyelami (Author), Michael Owusu (Author), Bernard Nkrumah (Author), Paul Oluwagbenga Idowu (Author), Enoch Appiah Adu-Gyamfi (Author), Armin Czika (Author), Philip El-Duah (Author), Richmond Yeboah (Author), Augustina Sylverken (Author), Oluwatayo Israel Olasunkanmi (Author), Ellis Owusu-Dabo (Author), Christian Drosten (Author), Yaw Adu-Sarkodie (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since late 2019, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, caused by SARS-CoV-2, has rapidly evolved to become a global pandemic. Each country was affected but with a varying number of infected cases and mortality rates. Africa was hit late by the pandemic but the number of cases rose sharpl...