Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 Virus Strain Isolated in Kazakhstan

Bekbolat Usserbayev; Kunsulu Zakarya; Lespek Kutumbetov; Mukhit Orynbaуev; Kulyaisan Sultankulova; Yergali Abduraimov; Balzhan Myrzakhmetova; Kuandyk Zhugunissov; Aslan Kerimbayev; Aibarys Melisbek; Meiіrzhan Shirinbekov; Saken Khaidarov; Asankadyr Zhunushov; Yerbol Burashev

doi:10.1128/mra.00619-22

Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 Virus Strain Isolated in Kazakhstan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Sep 15;11(9):e0061922. doi: 10.1128/mra.00619-22. Epub 2022 Aug 23.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems (RIBSP), Gvardeyskiy, Kazakhstan.
² Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
³ Institute of Biotechnology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Abstract

This research describes the genome sequence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) obtained from a patient with symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who was infected in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Strain SARS-CoV-2/human/KAZ/Britain/2021 consists of 29,815 nucleotides and belongs to lineage B.1.1.7, according to the Pangolin COVID-19 database.

Grants and funding

Development of a vaccineagainst COVID-19 coronavirus infection/Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Kazakhstan)