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. 2021 Dec;49(6):1355-1359.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01617-6. Epub 2021 Jun 23.

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in India from UK returnees

Varsha Potdar  1 , V Vipat  2 , S Jadhav  3 , U Saha  2 , S Y Jadhav  2 , S Bhardwaj  2 , M L Choudhary  2 , S Cherian  3 , P Abraham  4
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants in India from UK returnees

Varsha Potdar et al. Infection. 2021 Dec.

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Fig. 1
Phylogenetic tree of selected whole-genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 in this study (n = 93) along with Wuhan Hu-1 and other reference strains of major variants using the Neighbor-Joining method. Strains identified as the UK variants are shown in blue color
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Fig. 2
Distribution of the variants in the different Indian states based on the sequences of 93 samples from the UK returnees and few contacts
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