Genome Sequences of Six SARS-CoV-2 Strains Isolated in Morocco, Obtained Using Oxford Nanopore MinION Technology.

Meriem LaamartiM W Chemao-ElfihriSouad KarttiRokia LaamartiLoubna AllamMouna OuadghiriImane SmyejJalila RahouiHouda BenrahmaIdrissa DiawaraTarek AlouaneAbdelomunim EssabbarSamir SiahMohammed KarraNaima El HafidiRachid El JaoudiLaila SbabouChakib NejjariSaaid AmzaziRachid MentagLahcen BelyamaniAzeddine Ibrahimi

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2020)

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of six severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains. SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, which started at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. The isolates were obtained from nasopharyngeal swabs from Moroccan patients with COVID-19. Mutation analysis revealed the presence of the spike D614G mutation in all six genomes, which is widely present in several genomes around the world.

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