Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Arab Emirates reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host innate immune response

Liu, Rong; Wu, Pei; Ogrodzki, Pauline; Mahmoud, Sally; Liang, Ke; Liu, Pengjuan; Francis, Stephen; Khalak, Hanif; Liu, Denghui; Li, Junhua; Ma, Tao; Chen, Fang; Liu, Weibin; Huang, Xinyu; He, Wenjun; Yuan, Zhaorong; Qiao, Nan; Meng, Xin; Alqarni, Budoor; Quilez, Javier; Kusuma, Vinay; Lin, Long; Jin, Xin; Yang, Chongguang; Anton, Xavier; Koshy, Ashish; Yang, Huanming; Xu, Xun; Wang, Jian; Xiao, Peng; Al Kaabi, Nawal; Saifuddin Fasihuddin, Mohammed; Amirtharaj Selvaraj, Francis; Weber, Stefan; Ismail Al Hosani, Farida; Liu, Siyang; Abbas Zaher, Walid

doi:10.1101/2021.03.09.21252822

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Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Arab Emirates reveals novel virus mutation, patterns of co-infection and tissue specific host innate immune response

Published in medRxiv • Mar 12, 2021

Authors:

Rong Liu

Pei Wu

Pauline Ogrodzki

Abstract

Abstract To unravel the source of SARS-CoV-2 introduction and the pattern of its spreading and evolution in the United Arab Emirates, we conducted meta-transcriptome sequencing of 1,067 nasopharyngeal swab samples collected between May 9th and Jun 29th, 2020 during the first peak of the local COVID-...

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Biology

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Innate immune system

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