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Complete Genome Sequence of a 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Strain Isolated in Nepal
Ranjit Saha, Alfonso Javier Rodriguez-Moralesb c, Runa Jhaa, Daniel K. W. Chud, Haogao Gud, Malik J. S. Peirisd, Anup Bastolae, Bibek Kumar Lalf, Hemant Chanda Ojhaf, Ali Ahmed Rabaang, Lysien I. Zambranoh, Anthony M de L Costelloi, Kouichi Moritaj, Basu Dev Pandeye, Leo L. M. Poond
- aNational Public Health Laboratory, Kathmandu, Nepal
- bGrupo de Investigación Biomedicina, Faculty of Medicine, Fundación Universitaria Autónoma de las Américas, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
- cPublic Health and Infection Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira, Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
- dSchool of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
- eSukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
- fEpidemiology and Disease Control Division, Government of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
- gJohns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
- hDepartments of Physiological and Morphological Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH), Tegucigalpa, Honduras
- iGlobal Health and Sustainable Development, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Microbiology Resource AnnouncementsAmerican Society for Microbiology2020-03-11 157 citations9 references
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Abstract
A complete genome sequence was obtained for a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strain isolated from an oropharyngeal swab specimen of a Nepalese patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), who had returned to Nepal after traveling to Wuhan, China.

