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Study on SARS-CoV-2 strains in Iran reveals potential contribution of co-infection with and recombination between different strains to the emergence of new strains.
Virology - 1 Oct 2021
Taghizadeh Peyman, Salehi Sadegh, Heshmati Ali, Houshmand Seyed Massoud, InanlooRahatloo Kolsoum, Mahjoubi Forouzandeh, Sanati Mohammad Hossein, Yari Hadi, Alavi Afagh, Jamehdar Saeid Amel, Dabiri Soroosh, Galehdari Hamid, Haghshenas Mohammad Reza, Hashemian Amir Masoud, Heidarzadeh Abtin, Jahanzad Issa, Kheyrani Elham, Piroozmand Ahmad, Mojtahedi Ali, Nikoo Hadi Razavi, Rahimi Bidgoli Mohammad Masoud, Rezvani Nayebali, Sepehrnejad Mehdi, Shakibzadeh Arash, Shariati Gholamreza, Seyyedi Noorossadat, MohammadSaleh Zahraei Seyed, Safari Iman, Elahi Elahe
Abstract excerpt
We aimed to describe SARS-CoV-2 strains in Iranians from nine distributed cities infected during two months expanding late 2020 and early 2021 by genotyping known informative single nucleotide in five PCR amplicons. Two variants associated with haplotype H1 (clade G) and nine additional variants associated with other haplotypes were genotyped, respectively, in RNA isolates of 244 and 85 individuals. The variants...
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