The evolving SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Africa: Insights from rapidly expanding genomic surveillance

H Tegally, JE San, M Cotten, M Moir, B Tegomoh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Investment in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) sequencing
in Africa over the past year has led to a major increase in the number of sequences that …

Optimization of the SARS-CoV-2 ARTIC network V4 primers and whole genome sequencing protocol

AW Lambisia, KS Mohammed, TO Makori… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction The ARTIC Network's primer set and amplicon-based protocol is one of the most
widely used SARS-CoV-2 sequencing protocol. An update to the V3 primer set was released …

Advancing disease genomics beyond COVID-19 and reducing health disparities: what does the future hold for Africa?

C Ibe, AA Otu, NP Mnyambwa - Briefings in Functional …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in high-throughput sequencing technology as an
essential public health tool. Scaling up and operationalizing genomics in Africa is crucial as …

Tracing household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in New Zealand using genomics

L Jelley, N Aminisani, M O'Neill, T Jennings, J Douglas… - npj Viruses, 2024 - nature.com
By early 2022, the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 had spread across
most of the world. For the first time since the pandemic began, New Zealand was …

The genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Kenya

G Githinji, AW Lambisia, I Omah, A O'Toole… - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
The emergence and establishment of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern presented a major
global public health crisis across the world. There were six waves of SARS-CoV-2 cases in …

Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals in Tanzania

SR Mziray, M Van Zwetselaar, CC Kayuki… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19), caused by Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) accounts for considerable morbidity and mortality …

COVID-19 research and science infrastructure in South Africa

L Manderson, S Levine - South African Journal of Science, 2023 - scielo.org.za
Abstract MANDERSON, Lenore and LEVINE, Susan. COVID-19 research and science
infrastructure in South Africa. S. Afr. j. sci.[online]. 2023, vol. 119, n. 7-8, pp. 1-3. ISSN 1996 …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Seychelles, 2020–2021

JM Morobe, B Pool, L Marie, D Didon, AW Lambisia… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Seychelles, an archipelago of 155 islands in the Indian Ocean, had confirmed 24,788 cases
of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by the 31st of December …

Emergence and transmission dynamics of the FY. 4 Omicron variant in Kenya

S Musundi, MJ Mwanga, AW Lambisia, JM Morobe… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Abstract The recombinant FY. 4 SARS-CoV-2 variant was first reported in Kenya in March
2023 and was the dominant circulating variant between April and July 2023. The variant was …

Temporal distribution and clinical characteristics of the Alpha, Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in Laikipia, Kenya: institutional and community …

A W. Lambisia, G H. Mudhune… - Wellcome Open …, 2023 - wellcomeopenresearch.org
Background: Understanding the molecular epidemiology and clinical presentation of the
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern (VOC) …