Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 reveals the detection of G614 variant in Pakistan

Massab Umair; Aamer Ikram; Muhammad Salman; Adnan Khurshid; Masroor Alam; Nazish Badar; Rana Suleman; Faheem Tahir; Salmaan Sharif; Joel Montgomery; Shannon Whitmer; John Klena

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248371

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Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 reveals the detection of G614 variant in Pakistan

Massab Umair ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: m.umair@nih.org.pk

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4540-8467

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Aamer Ikram,

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Muhammad Salman,

Roles Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Adnan Khurshid,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Masroor Alam,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Nazish Badar,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Rana Suleman,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Faheem Tahir,

Roles Resources

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Salmaan Sharif,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan
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Joel Montgomery,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Shannon Whitmer,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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John Klena

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Whole-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 reveals the detection of G614 variant in Pakistan

Massab Umair,
Aamer Ikram,
Muhammad Salman,
Adnan Khurshid,
Masroor Alam,
Nazish Badar,
Rana Suleman,
Faheem Tahir,
Salmaan Sharif,
Joel Montgomery

Published: March 23, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248371

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