Variant analysis of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from Belgian military personnel engaged in overseas missions and operations Institute of Tropical Medicine KU Leuven University of Antwerp
More than a year after the first identification of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) as the causative agent of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in China, the emergence and spread of genomic variants of this virus through travel raise concerns regarding the introduction of lineages in previously unaffected regions, requiring adequate containment strategies. Concomitantly, such introductions fuel worries about ...