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SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.6 was the major contributor to early pandemic transmission in Malaysia.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Nov 2020
Chong Yoong Min, Sam I-Ching, Chong Jennifer, Kahar Bador Maria, Ponnampalavanar Sasheela, Syed Omar Sharifah Faridah, Kamarulzaman Adeeba, Munusamy Vijayan, Wong Chee Kuan, Jamaluddin Fadhil Hadi, Chan Yoke Fun
Abstract excerpt
Malaysia had 10,219 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of September 20, 2020. About 33% were associated with a Tablighi Jamaat religious mass gathering held in Kuala Lumpur between February 27 and March 3, 2020, which drove community transmission during Malaysia's second wave. We analysed genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 from Malaysia to better understand the molecular epidemiology and spread. We obtained 58 SARS-CoV-2...
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