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Genomic epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 during the fifth wave of COVID-19 in Pakistan.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2024
Razzaq Aroona, Disoma Cyrollah, Iqbal Sonia, Nisar Ayesha, Hameed Muddassar, Qadeer Abdul, Waqar Muhammad, Mehmood Sardar Azhar, Gao Lidong, Khan Sawar, Xia Zanxian
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Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has posed extraordinary challenges to global health systems and economies. The virus's rapid evolution has resulted in several variants of concern (VOCs), including the highly transmissible Omicron variant, characterized by extensive mutations. In this study, we investigated the...
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