First detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in Senegal

New Microbes New Infect. 2021 May:41:100877. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2021.100877. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Authors

A Padane^{1

2}, A Kanteh³, N Leye¹, A Mboup¹, J Manneh³, M Mbow¹, P A Diaw¹, B P Ndiaye¹, G Lo¹, C I Lo², A Ahoudi¹, A Gueye-Gaye¹, J J N Malomar⁴, A Dia¹, Y A Dia¹, N D Diagne¹, D Wade¹, A K Sesay³, N C Toure-Kane¹, U Dalessandro³, S Mboup¹

Affiliations

¹ Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formation (IRESSEF), Dakar, Senegal.
² IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
³ Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ District Sanitaire de Mbour, Thiès, Senegal.

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Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Senegal; UK variant; british variant; genome sequencing.

Publication types

Editorial