Genomic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 in Guinea, West Africa

• Mamadou Saliou Sow ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mamadou Saliou Sow, Josue Togo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

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• Josue Togo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mamadou Saliou Sow, Josue Togo

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Département de Biologie médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali

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• Lacy M. Simons,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Souleymane Taran Diallo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

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• Mohamed Lamine Magassouba,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Service de Maladie Infectieuse du Centre Hospitalier de Donka, Conakry, Guinée

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• Mamadou Bhoye Keita,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Département de laboratoire, Institut National de la Santé Publique, Conakry, Guinée, Département de biologie, Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry, Conakry, Guinée

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• Anou Moise Somboro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Antimicrobial Research Unit, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Youssouf Coulibaly,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali

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• Egon A. Ozer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-3691

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• Judd F. Hultquist,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Robert Leo Murphy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Almoustapha Issiaka Maiga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University Clinical Research Center, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali, Département de Biologie médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Toure, Bamako, Mali

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• Mamoudou Maiga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States of America

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• Ramon Lorenzo-Redondo

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ramon.lorenzo@northwestern.edu

  Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States of America, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Northwestern University Havey Institute for Global Health, Chicago, IL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5462-9483

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