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Ongoing Evolution of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2023–2024
Ahmed M. Hassan
1, Barbara Mühlemann
1, Tagreed L. Al-Subhi, Jordi Rodon, Sherif A. El-Kafrawy, Ziad Memish, Julia Melchert, Tobias Bleicker, Tiina Mauno, Stanley Perlman, Alimuddin Zumla, Terry C. Jones, Marcel A. Müller, Victor M. Corman, Christian Drosten
2 , and Esam I. Azhar
2
Author affiliation: King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (A.M. Hassan, T.L. Al-Subhi, S.A. El-Kafrawy, E.I. Azhar); Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany (B. Mühlemann, J. Rodon, J. Melchert, T. Bleicker, T. Mauno, T.C. Jones, M.A. Müller, V.M. Corman, C. Drosten); German Center for Infection Research, Berlin (B. Mühlemann, J. Melchert, V.M. Corman, C. Drosten); Ministry of Health and Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Z. Memish); Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (Z. Memish); University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA (S. Perlman); University College London, London, UK (A. Zumla); University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London (A. Zumla); University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (T.C. Jones)
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Figure 4. Phylogenetic analysis of 26 human coronavirus 229E-related coronavirus sequences in study of ongoing evolution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2023–2024. Tree was constructed by using the maximum-likelihood method. Red text indicates sequences from this study, 5 from Jeddah and 2 from Sajir. Numbers on nodes indicate bootstrap support. Tree was rooted with the bat sequence KT253269/Bat/GHA/KW2E-F151 (GenBank accession no. KT253269). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. GER, Germany; GHA, Ghana; KEN, Kenya; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; USA, United States of America.
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