Open AccessWhole-Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from the Dominican Republic
Author(s) -
Robert Paulino-Ramírez,
E Riego,
A Vallejo-Degaudenzi,
Víctor V. Calderón,
Leandro Tapia,
Patricia León,
Danilo Licastro,
Simeone Dal Monego,
Sreejith Rajasekharan,
Emanuele Orsini,
Alessandro Marcello
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.00952-21
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , genome , biology , genetics , covid-19 , gene , genetic diversity , gene flow , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , virology , computational biology , genetic variation , demography , medicine , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , population , sociology , pathology
Here, we report the genome sequences of five severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains that were obtained from symptomatic individuals with travel histories during community surveillance in the Dominican Republic in 2020. These sequences provide a starting point for further genomic studies of gene flow and molecular diversity in the Caribbean nation. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that all genomes correspond to the B.1 variant.