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Transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 on the Diamond Princess uncovered using viral genome sequence analysis.
Gene - 5 May 2021
Hoshino Kunikazu, Maeshiro Tatsuji, Nishida Nao, Sugiyama Masaya, Fujita Jiro, Gojobori Takashi, Mizokami Masashi
Abstract excerpt
An outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) occurred aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship between her January 20 departure and late February 2020. Here, we used phylodynamic analyses to investigate the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 during the outbreak. Using a Bayesian coalescent-based method, the estimated mean nucleotide...
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