Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Two SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from Egypt

Ahmed Kandeil; Ahmed Mostafa; Rabeh El-Shesheny; Mahmoud Shehata; Wael H Roshdy; Shymaa Showky Ahmed; Mokhtar Gomaa; Ahmed El Taweel; Ahmed E Kayed; Sara H Mahmoud; Yassmin Moatasim; Omnia Kutkat; Mina Nabil Kamel; Noura Mahrous; Mohamed El Sayes; Nancy M El Guindy; Amal Naguib; Mohamed A Ali

doi:10.1128/MRA.00489-20

Coding-Complete Genome Sequences of Two SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from Egypt

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 May 28;9(22):e00489-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00489-20.

Authors

Ahmed Kandeil^#¹, Ahmed Mostafa^#¹, Rabeh El-Shesheny^#¹, Mahmoud Shehata¹, Wael H Roshdy², Shymaa Showky Ahmed², Mokhtar Gomaa¹, Ahmed El Taweel¹, Ahmed E Kayed¹, Sara H Mahmoud¹, Yassmin Moatasim¹, Omnia Kutkat¹, Mina Nabil Kamel¹, Noura Mahrous¹, Mohamed El Sayes¹, Nancy M El Guindy², Amal Naguib², Mohamed A Ali³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Scientiﬁc Excellence for Inﬂuenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.
² Central Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health and Population, Cairo, Egypt.
³ Center of Scientiﬁc Excellence for Inﬂuenza Viruses, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt [email protected].

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

This report announces the complete genome sequences of two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolates detected in Egypt. The isolates were obtained from oropharyngeal swab specimens from two Egyptians in Upper and Lower Egypt. Sequence analysis showed mutations that differentiate Egyptian strains from the reference strain 2019-nCoV WHU01.