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SUBMITTER: Phan LT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7283826 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Phan Lan T LT Nguyen Thuong V TV Huynh Loan K T LKT Dao Manh H MH Vo Tho A N TAN Vu Nhung H P NHP Pham Hang T T HTT Nguyen Hieu T HT Nguyen Thuc T TT Le Hung Q HQ Nguyen Thinh V TV Nguyen Quan H QH Huynh Thao P TP Nguyen Sang N SN Nguyen Anh H AH Nguyen Ngoc T NT Nguyen Thao N T TNT Nguyen Long T LT Luong Quang C QC Cao Thang M TM Pham Quang D QD
Journal of medical virology 20200619 10
In January 2020, we identified two severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected patients in a familial cluster with one person coming from Wuhan, China. The complete genome sequences of two SARS-CoV-2 strains isolated from these patients were identical and 99.98% similar to strains isolated in Wuhan. This is genetically suggestive of human-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and indicates Wuhan as the most plausible origin of the early outbreak in Vietnam. The younger pa ...[more]