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ArticleVirology2022

Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) in Bangladesh during the first half of 2021.

Sultana Zahura Afrin, Md Taohidul Islam, Shyamal Kumar Paul, Nobumichi Kobayashi, Rokshana Parvin

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Article in Virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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5 authors.

Sultana Zahura AfrinDepartment of Microbiology, Sheikh Hasina Medical College, Tangail, Bangladesh.
Md Taohidul IslamPopulation Medicine and AMR Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh.
Shyamal Kumar PaulDepartment of Microbiology, Netrokona Medical College, Netrokona, Bangladesh.
Nobumichi KobayashiDepartment of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Rokshana ParvinDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, 2202, Bangladesh. Electronic address: rokshana.parvin@bau.edu.bd.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bangladesh is the second-worst-affected country in South Asia by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The aim of this study is to examine genome sequences from Bangladesh from January 2021 to June 2021 in order to monitor the SARS-CoV-2 VOC and the clades or lineages that are prevalent in the country. Within the study timeframe, at least eight Nextstrain clades were found: 20A, 20B, 20C, 20H (Beta, V2), 20I (Alpha, V1), 20 J (Gamma, V3), 21A (Delta), 21D (Eta), and six GISAID clades: four main (G, GH, GR, GRY) and two minors (GV, O) with an introduction of VOC B.1.1.7/Alpha, B.1.351/Beta and B.1.617.2/Delta. The introduction and recent occurrence of VOCs with substantial alterations in the receptor binding site of spike protein (K417 N, K417T, L452R, T478K, E484K, S494P, N501Y) are of particular importance. Specifically, VOC B.1.617.2/Delta has surpassed all prior VOCs in Bangladesh, posing a challenge to the existing disease management.

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BangladeshBinding SitesCOVID-19FemaleGenome, ViralHumansMaleMutationPhylogenyPrevalenceSARS-CoV-2Spike Glycoprotein, CoronavirusSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike protein, SARS-CoV-2BangladeshMutationPhylogenySARS-CoV-2SequenceVariant

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PMID34700068
PMCPMC8531988

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