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SARS-COV-2 LINEAGES AND SUB-LINEAGES CIRCULATING WORLDWIDE: A DYNAMIC OVERVIEW
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Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus
2 (SARS-CoV-2) originated in Wuhan, China, in early December
2019 has rapidly widespread worldwide, becoming
one of the major global public health issues of the last centuries.
Key Messages: Over the course of the pandemic, due
to the advanced whole-genome sequencing technologies,
an unprecedented amount of genomes have been generated,
providing invaluable insights into the ongoing evolution
and epidemiology of the virus during the pandemic Therefore, this large amount of data played an important
role in the SARS-CoV-2 mitigation and control strategies. Key
Messages: The active monitoring and characterization of
the SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating worldwide is useful for
a more specific diagnosis, better care, and timely treatment.
In this review, a concise characterization of all the lineages
and sub-lineages circulating and co-circulating across the
world has been presented in order to determine the magnitude
of the SARS-CoV-2 threat and to better understand the
virus genetic diversity and its dispersion dynamics.
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