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Genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in a cohort of Egyptian patients revealed mutation hotspots that are related to clinical outcomes.
Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease - 1 Aug 2021
Zekri Abdel-Rahman N, Mohanad Marwa, Hafez Mohammed M, Soliman Hany K, Hassan Zainab K, Abouelhoda Mohamed, Amer Khaled E, Seadawy Mohamed G, Ahmed Ola S
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BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibits a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Despite the fact that SARS-CoV-2 has slower evolutionary rate than other coronaviruses, different mutational hotspots have been identified along the SARS-CoV-2 genome. METHODS: We performed whole-genome high throughput sequencing on isolates from 50 Egyptian patients to see if the variation in...
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