SARS-CoV-2 Variants, South Sudan, January–March 2021
Daniel Lule Bugembe, My V.T. Phan, Abe G. Abias, James Ayei, Lul Lojok Deng, Richard Lino Loro Lako, John Rumunu, Pontiano Kaleebu, Joseph Francis Wamala, Juma John HM, Dennis Kenyi Lodiongo, Sudhir Bunga, and Matthew Cotten
Author affiliations: Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Uganda Research Unit, Entebbe, Uganda (D.L. Bugembe, M.V.T. Phan, P. Kaleebu, M. Cotten); National Public Health Laboratory—Ministry of Health, Juba, South Sudan (A.G. Abias, J. Ayei, L.L. Deng, R.L.L. Lako, J. Rumunu); World Health Organization, Juba (J.F. Wamala, J.J. HM); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Juba, South Sudan (D.K. Lodiongo, S. Bunga); University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (M. Cotten)
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Figure 1. Locations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection case-patients from whom genomes were isolated, South Sudan. Red circles indicate viruses of lineage B.1.525; dark gray circles indicate lineage A.23.1. Circle size is proportional to number of genomes. Blue text shows the number of A.23.1 and B.1.525 genomes reported from neighboring countries. CAR, Central African Republic; DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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