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Quantification and Whole Genome Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater and Air Samples
Published on: June 30, 2023
Molecular characterization, phylogenetic and variation analyses of SARS-CoV-2 strains in Turkey
Murat Karamese1, Didem Ozgur1, Emin E Tutuncu2
1Department of Medical Microbiology, Kafkas University, Kars, 36100, Turkey.
Abstract:
Aims: We present the sequence and single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis for 47 complete genomes for SARS-CoV-2 isolates on Turkish patients. Methods: The Illumina MiSeq platform was used for sequencing the libraries. The SNPs were detected by using Genome Analysis Toolkit - HaplotypeCaller v.3.8.0 and were inspected on GenomeBrowse v2.1.2. Results: All viral genome sequences of our isolates were located in lineage B under the different clusters, such as B.1 (n = 3), B.1.1 (n = 28) and B.1.9 (n = 16). According to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data nomenclature, all of our complete genomes were placed in G, GR and GH clades. In our study, 549 total and 53 unique SNPs were detected. Conclusion: The results indicate that the SARS-CoV-2 sequences of our isolates have great similarity with all Turkish and European sequences.
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