Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Strain from Bangladesh That Is Nearly Identical to United Kingdom SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7

Mohammad Enayet Hossain; M Mahfuzur Rahman; M Shaheen Alam; Yeasir Karim; Ananya Ferdous Hoque; Sezanur Rahman; Mohammed Ziaur Rahman; Mustafizur Rahman

doi:10.1128/MRA.00100-21

Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Strain from Bangladesh That Is Nearly Identical to United Kingdom SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Feb 25;10(8):e00100-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00100-21.

Authors

Mohammad Enayet Hossain¹, M Mahfuzur Rahman¹, M Shaheen Alam¹, Yeasir Karim¹, Ananya Ferdous Hoque¹, Sezanur Rahman¹, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman¹, Mustafizur Rahman²

Affiliations

¹ Virology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
² Virology Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh mustafizur@icddrb.org.

Abstract

The coding-complete genome sequence of a coronavirus strain, SARS-CoV-2/human/BGD/G039392/2021, obtained from a symptomatic male patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is reported. The strain G039392 is 99.9% identical to the UK variant B.1.1.7.

Grants and funding

INV-017556/GATES/Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/United States