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Molecular Evolution of Human Coronavirus 229E in Hong Kong and a Fatal COVID-19 Case Involving Coinfection with a Novel Human Coronavirus 229E Genogroup.
mSphere - 10 Feb 2021
Lau Susanna K P, Lung David C, Wong Emily Y M, Aw-Yong Kam Leng, Wong Antonio C P, Luk Hayes K H, Li Kenneth S M, Fung Joshua, Chan Tony T Y, Tang James Y M, Zhu Longchao, Yip Cyril C Y, Wong Sally C Y, Lee Rodney A, Tsang Owen T Y, Yuen Kwok-Yung, Woo Patrick C Y
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Compared to other human coronaviruses, the genetic diversity and evolution of human coronavirus 229E (HCoV-229E) are relatively understudied. We report a fatal case of COVID-19 pneumonia coinfected with HCoV-229E in Hong Kong. Genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 and HCoV-229E from a nasopharyngeal sample of the patient showed that the SARS-CoV-2 strain HK13 was most closely related to SARS-CoV-2 type strain...
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