A phylodynamic workflow to rapidly gain insights into the dispersal history and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 lineages
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Journal Article
Abstract
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented number of genomic sequences of SARS-CoV-2 have been generated and shared with the scientific community. The unparalleled volume of available genetic data presents a unique opportunity to gain real-time insights into the virus transmission during the pandemic, but also a daunting computational hurdle if analyzed with gold-standard phylogeographic approaches. To tackle this practical limitation, we here describe and apply a rapid analytical pipeline to analyze the spatiotemporal dispersal history and dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 lineages. As a proof of concept, we focus on the Belgian epidemic, which has had one of the highest spatial densities of available SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Our pipeline has the potential to be quickly applied to other countries or regions, with key benefits in complementing epidemiological analyses in assessing the impact of intervention measures or their progressive easement.
Date Issued
2021-04-01
Date Acceptance
2020-11-01
Citation
Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2021, 38 (4), pp.1608-1613
ISSN
0737-4038
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
1608
End Page
1613
Journal / Book Title
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Volume
38
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Medical Research Council-São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)
Wellcome Trust
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33316043
PII: 5952687
Grant Number
MR/S0195/1
204311/Z/16/Z
Subjects
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
lockdown measures
phylodynamic
phylogenetic clusters
phylogeography
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2020-11-03