Coding-complete genomes of 18 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron JN.1, JN.1.4, and JN.1.11 sub-lineages in Bangladesh

Anika Tahsin; Mahin Hasan; Saikt Rahman; Mohammad Jubair; Mokibul Hassan Afrad; Manjur Hossain Khan; Md Shaheen Alam; Mst Noorjahan Begum; Md Yeasir Karim; Sharmin Aktar Mukta; Mohammad Tanbir Habib; Ahmed Nawsher Alam; Emran Kabir Chowdhury; Md Rofiqur Rahman; Edward T Ryan; Tahmina Shirin; Mustafizur Rahman; Firdausi Qadri

doi:10.1128/mra.00135-24

Coding-complete genomes of 18 SARS-CoV-2 Omicron JN.1, JN.1.4, and JN.1.11 sub-lineages in Bangladesh

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Apr 24:e0013524. doi: 10.1128/mra.00135-24. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Anika Tahsin^#¹, Mahin Hasan^#¹, Saikt Rahman¹, Mohammad Jubair², Mokibul Hassan Afrad², Manjur Hossain Khan³, Md Shaheen Alam², Mst Noorjahan Begum², Md Yeasir Karim², Sharmin Aktar Mukta¹, Mohammad Tanbir Habib¹, Ahmed Nawsher Alam³, Emran Kabir Chowdhury⁴, Md Rofiqur Rahman¹, Edward T Ryan^{5

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7}, Tahmina Shirin³, Mustafizur Rahman², Firdausi Qadri^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Developing Science and Health initiatives, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³ Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control, and Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
⁵ Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 38656213
DOI: 10.1128/mra.00135-24

Abstract

We report 18 coding-complete genome sequences of emerging SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineages JN.1, JN.1.4, and JN.1.11 from Bangladesh. Nasopharyngeal swab samples were obtained from individuals with COVID-19 symptoms between December 2023 and January 2024. Whole genome sequencing was performed following the ARTIC Network-based protocol using Oxford Nanopore Technology.

Keywords: JN.1 sub-lineages; ONT; SARS-CoV-2; coding-complete; variant surveillance.