Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 during the first four waves in Mozambique

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2024.Background: RNA viruses pose a global health threat because their mutation rates can undermine vaccine efficacy, develop drug resistance and increase transmissibility and disease severity. Globally, viral genome sequencing has become a powerful tool in response to public health threats. Molecular characterization of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become fundamental in understan...

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Authors: Ismael, N; van Wyk, S; Tegally, H; Giandhari, J; San, JE

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Public Library of Science
• Journal: PLOS Global Public Health
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Pages: e0001593-e0001593
• Publication date: 2023-03-06
• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001593
• EISSN: 2767-3375
• ISSN: 2767-3375
• Language: English
• Keywords: Genome; Geography; Pandemic; Infectious disease (medical specialty); Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Medicine; Outbreak; 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak; Disease; Virology; Genetics; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2); Biology; Gene; Constraint (computer-aided design); Epidemiology