The origin of SARS-CoV-2 in Istanbul: Sequencing findings from the epicenter of the pandemic in Turkey

Karacan I., Akgun T. K., Agaoglu N. B., Irvem A., Alkurt G., Yildiz J., ...More

NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL, vol.7, no.3, pp.203-209, 2020 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 7 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.14744/nci.2020.90532
  • Journal Name: NORTHERN CLINICS OF ISTANBUL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.203-209
  • Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, whole-genome sequencing, SPIKE
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Turkey is one of the latest countries that COVID-19 disease was reported, with the first case on March 11, 2020, and since then, Istanbul became the epicenter of the pandemic in Turkey. Here, we reveal sequences of the virus isolated from three different patients with various clinical presentations.