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Gradual emergence followed by exponential spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Africa

Carlo Fischer, Tongai Gibson Maponga, Anges Yadouleton, Nuro Abílio, Emmanuel Aboce, Praise Adewumi, Pedro Afonso, Jewelna Akorli, Soa Fy Andriamandimby, Latifa Anga, Yvonne Ashong, Mohamed Amine Beloufa, Aicha Bensalem, Richard Birtles, Anicet Luc Magloire Boumba, Freddie Bwanga, Mike Chaponda, Paradzai Chibukira, R Matthew Chico, Justin Chileshe, Gershom Chongwe, Assana Cisse, Umberto D’Alessandro, Xavier Nicolas de Lamballerie, Joana F M de Morais, Fawzi Derrar, Ndongo Dia, Youssouf Diarra, Lassina Doumbia, Christian Drosten, Philippe Dussart, Richard Echodu, Yannik Eggers, Abdelmajid Eloualid, Ousmane Faye, Torsten Feldt, Anna Frühauf, Afiwa Halatoko, Pauliana Vanessa Ilouga, Nalia Ismael, Ronan Jambou, Sheikh Jarju, Antje Kamprad, Ben Katowa, John Kayiwa, Leonard King’wara, Ousmane Koita, Vincent Lacoste, Adamou Lagare, Olfert Landt, Sonia Etenna Lekana-Douki, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki, Etuhole Iipumbu, Hugues Loemba, Julius Lutwama, Santou Mamadou, Issaka Maman, Brendon Manyisa, Pedro A Martinez, Japhet Matoba, Lusia Mhuulu, Andres Moreira-Soto, Judy Mwangi, Nadine N´dilimabaka, Charity Angella Nassuna, Mamadou Ousmane Ndiath, Emmanuel Nepolo, Richard Njouom, Jalal Nourlil, Steven Ger Nyanjom, Eddy Okoth Odari, Alfred Okeng, Jean Bienvenue Ouoba, Michael Owusu, Irene Owusu Donkor, Karabo Kristen Phadu, Richard Odame Phillips, Wolfgang Preiser, Vurayai Ruhanya, Fortune Salah, Sourakatou Salifou, Amadou Alpha Sall, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Paul Alain Tagnouokam-Ngoupo, Zekiba Tarnagda, Francis Olivier Tchikaya, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Jan Felix Drexler
Journal
Science
Original paper date
Dec 1, 2022
Institution
Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universitat Berlin and Humboldt Universitat zu Berlin, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany · Division of Medical Virology, Stellenbosch University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa · Laboratoire des fievres hemorragiques virales de Cotonou,Akpakpa, Benin · Instituto Nacional de Saude, Maputo, Mozambique · MBN Clinical Laboratories, Kampala, Uganda · Instituto Nacional de Investigacao em Saude (INIS), Luanda, Angola · Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana · Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar · Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco · Institut Pasteur of Algeria, National Influenza Centre, Sidi-Fredj, Algeria · Gulu University Multifunctional Research Laboratories, Gulu, Uganda · School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, Salford, UK · Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Pointe-Noire, Congo · Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory HDL, Pointe-Noire, Congo · Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda · Tropical Diseases Research Centre, Ndola Teaching Hospital, Ndola, Zambia · National Virology Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Zimbabwe · London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK · Laboratoire National de Reference-Grippes, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · Medical Research Council Unit at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, Gambia · Unite des Virus Emergents, Aix Marseille Universite, Marseille, France · Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD), Dakar, Senegal · Universite des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako (USTTB), Bamako, Mali · German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), associated Partner Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany · Hirsch Institute of Tropical Medicine, Asella, Ethiopia · Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany · Institut National d’Hygiene, Lome, Togo · Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaounde, Cameroon · Centre de Recherche Medicale et Sanitaire (CERMES), Niamey, Niger · Macha Research Trust, Choma, Zambia · School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia · Uganda Virus Research Institute, Entebbe, Uganda · National Public Health Reference Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Nairobi, Kenya · TiB-Molbiol GmbH, Berlin, Germany · Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherches Medicales de Franceville (CIRMF), Franceville, Gabon · School of Medicine, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia · Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · School of Biomedical Sciences, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya · Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana · National Health Laboratory Service Tygerberg Business Unit, Cape Town, South Africa · Ministere de la Sante, Akpakpa, Benin · Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
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No
Article type
Research Article
Broad categories
(HSC) Biostatistics/Epidemiology(HSC) Medicine - Infectious Disease
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