Genomic Characterization of Sars-Cov-2 from Islamabad Pakistan by Rapid Nanopore Sequencing
Badar, N.; Ikram, A.; Salman, M.; Umair, M.; Rehman, Z.; Ahad, A.; Mirza, H. a.; Alam, M.; Mehmood, N.; aamir, U. B.
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Since the start of COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan has experienced four waves of pandemic. The fourth wave ended in October, 2021 while the fifth wave of pandemic starts in January, 2022. The data regarding the circulating strains after the fourth wave of pandemic from Pakistan is not available. The current study explore the genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 after fourth wave and before fifth wave of pandemic through whole genome sequencing. The results showed the circulation of different strains of SARS-CoV-2 during November-December, 2021. We have Omicron BA.1 (n=4), Lineage A (n=2) and delta AY.27 (n=1) variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the population of Islamabad. All the isolates harbors characteristics mutations of omicron and delta variant in the genome. The lineage A isolate harbors a nine amino acid (68-76) and a ten amino acid (679-688) deletion in the genome. The circulation of omicron in the population before the fifth wave of pandemic and subsequent upsurges of COVID-19 positive cases in Pakistan highlights the importance of genomic surveillance.
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