SARS-CoV-2 sequencing collaboration in west Africa shows best practices
Lancet Glob Health
.
2021 Nov;9(11):e1499-e1500.
doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00389-2.
Authors
Chika Kingsley Onwuamah
1
,
Abdoulie Kanteh
2
,
Bowofoluwa Sharon Abimbola
3
,
Rahaman Ademolu Ahmed
3
,
Chika Leona Okoli
3
,
Joseph Ojonugwa Shaibu
3
,
Ayorinde B James
4
,
Olusola Ajibaye
4
,
Azuka P Okwuraiwe
3
,
Muinah Fowora
5
,
Ngozi Otuonye
5
,
Archibald Worwui
6
,
Bamidele Iwalokun
5
,
Dembo Kanteh
7
,
Rosemary A Audu
8
,
Richard Adebayo Adegbola
8
,
Umberto D'Alessandro
9
,
Babatunde Lawal Salako
10
,
Abdul Karim Sesay
2
Affiliations
1
Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria. Electronic address:
[email protected]
.
2
Genomic Core facility, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
3
Centre for Human Virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
4
Biochemistry and Nutrition Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
5
Central Research Laboratory, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
6
HPC facility, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
7
Research Support Unit, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
8
Microbiology Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
9
Disease Control and Elimination Research Group, Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at LSHTM, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia.
10
Clinical Sciences Department, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Lagos, Nigeria.
PMID:
34678187
PMCID:
PMC8525915
DOI:
10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00389-2
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Africa, Western / epidemiology
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / virology
Cooperative Behavior*
Humans
Interinstitutional Relations*
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics*
Whole Genome Sequencing*
Grants and funding
MC_PC_19061/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
MC_PC_20045/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
MC_PC_20054/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom