Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2
- first update 18 January 2021
In January 2020, a previously unknown coronavirus strain was identified as the cause of a respiratory infection and death in humans [1]. The first viral genome was sequenced using high throughput sequencing (HTS) from a sample collected in Wuhan, China. This virus, belonging to the viral species Severe acute respiratory syndrome– related coronavirus, has been subsequently named SARS-CoV-2 and the associated disease coronavirus d [...]