Emergence and Persistent Dominance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 Variant, Taiwan

Pei Lan Shao; Hsiao Chen Tu; Yu Nong Gong; Hung Yu Shu; Ralph Kirby; Li Yun Hsu; Hui Yee Yeo; Han Yueh Kuo; Yi Chia Huang; Yung Feng Lin; Hui Ying Weng; Yueh Lin Wu; Chien Chih Chen; Tzen Wen Chen; Kuo Ming Lee; Chung Guei Huang; Shin Ru Shih; Wei J. Chen; Chen Chi Wu; Chong Jen Yu; Shih Feng Tsai

doi:10.3201/eid2904.221497

Emergence and Persistent Dominance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 Variant, Taiwan

Pei Lan Shao
, Hsiao Chen Tu
, Yu Nong Gong
, Hung Yu Shu
, Ralph Kirby
, Li Yun Hsu
, Hui Yee Yeo
, Han Yueh Kuo
, Yi Chia Huang
, Yung Feng Lin
, Hui Ying Weng
, Yueh Lin Wu
, Chien Chih Chen
, Tzen Wen Chen
, Kuo Ming Lee
, Chung Guei Huang
, Shin Ru Shih
, Wei J. Chen
, Chen Chi Wu
, Chong Jen Yu

Shih Feng Tsai

TMU Research Center of Urology and Kidney

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Abstract

Since April 2022, waves of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant cases have surfaced in Taiwan and spread throughout the island. Using high-throughput sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome, we analyzed 2,405 PCR-positive swab samples from 2,339 persons and identified the Omicron BA.2.3.7 variant as a major lineage within recent community outbreaks in Taiwan.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	792-796
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221497
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023

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Infectious Diseases

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Shao, P. L., Tu, H. C., Gong, Y. N., Shu, H. Y., Kirby, R., Hsu, L. Y., Yeo, H. Y., Kuo, H. Y., Huang, Y. C., Lin, Y. F., Weng, H. Y., Wu, Y. L., Chen, C. C., Chen, T. W., Lee, K. M., Huang, C. G., Shih, S. R., Chen, W. J., Wu, C. C., ... Tsai, S. F. (2023). Emergence and Persistent Dominance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 Variant, Taiwan. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(4), 792-796. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221497

Shao, PL, Tu, HC, Gong, YN, Shu, HY, Kirby, R, Hsu, LY, Yeo, HY, Kuo, HY, Huang, YC, Lin, YF, Weng, HY, Wu, YL, Chen, CC, Chen, TW, Lee, KM, Huang, CG, Shih, SR, Chen, WJ, Wu, CC, Yu, CJ & Tsai, SF 2023, 'Emergence and Persistent Dominance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.3.7 Variant, Taiwan', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 792-796. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221497

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