Open AccessGenome Sequences of Three SARS-CoV-2 ORF7a Deletion Variants Obtained from Patients in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Herman Tse,
Sally Cheuk-Ying Wong,
Ka-Fai Ip,
Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng,
Kelvin KaiWang To,
David Christopher Lung,
Garnet Kwan-Yue Choi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00251-21
Subject(s) - genome , covid-19 , coronavirus , biology , virology , genetics , gene , computational biology , disease , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , pathology
We report the genome sequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains from the clinical samples of three coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Hong Kong. All the genome sequences showed a 370-nucleotide deletion resulting in the complete loss of ORF7a.