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Volume 27, Number 8—August 2021
Research Letter

SARS-CoV-2 Superspread in Fitness Center, Hong Kong, China, March 2021

Daniel K.W. Chu1, Haogao Gu1, Lydia D.J. Chang, Sammi S.Y. Cheuk, Shreya Gurung, Pavithra Krishnan, Daisy Y.M. Ng, Gigi Y.Z. Liu, Carrie K.C. Wan, Dominic N.C. Tsang, Malik Peiris, and Leo L.M. PoonComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (D.K.W. Chu, H. Gu, L.D.J. Chang, S.S.Y. Cheuk, S. Gurung, P. Krishnan, D.Y.M. Ng, G.Y.Z. Liu, C.K.C. Wan, M. Peiris, L.L.M. Poon); The Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong (D.N.C. Tsang)

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Phylogenetic tree of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viruses detected in a fitness club in Hong Kong, China, in March 2021. Viruses from clades L, S, V, G, GH, GR, and O (others) are also included in the analysis. Near full-length genomes of studied samples were deduced by a previously described Illumina (https://www.illumina.com) sequencing protocol (sequence coverage >100) (1,4). Human SARS-CoV-2 WIV04 is selected to be the root of this phylogenetic tree. The tree was constructed by using the neighbor-joining method. Only bootstrap values >80 are shown. EPI ISL accession nos. for sequences retrieved in GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org) are provided. Scale bar indicates estimated genetic distance.

Figure. Phylogenetic tree of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viruses detected in a fitness club in Hong Kong, China, in March 2021. Viruses from clades L, S, V, G, GH, GR, and O (others) are also included in the analysis. Near full-length genomes of studied samples were deduced by a previously described Illumina (https://www.illumina.com) sequencing protocol (sequence coverage >100) (1,4). Human SARS-CoV-2 WIV04 is selected to be the root of this phylogenetic tree. The tree was constructed by using the neighbor-joining method. Only bootstrap values >80 are shown. EPI ISL accession nos. for sequences retrieved in GISAID (https://www.gisaid.org) are provided. Scale bar indicates estimated genetic distance.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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