Thailand’s Experience in Phylogenetic Analysis of First WaveCOVID-19 Outbreak

Authors

  • Attapon Cheepsattayakorn 10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand Author
  • Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand Author

Keywords:

COVID-19, Phylogenetic Analysis

Abstract

A previous study reveal that the COVID-19 was introduced into the human population in Wuhan, China in early December 2019 and has an epidemic doubling time of about 7 days. The study demonstrated substantial heterogeneity in the number of secondary infections caused by each COVID-19-infected case that indicated by a high level of over-dispersion in the reproduction number [1]. By phylogenetic analysis, there was a common ancestor to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), human SARS-CoV, and the bat SARSCoV converge. The envelope (E), membrane (M), nucleocapsid (N), and spike (S) structural viral proteins implied a high degree of shared identity in range of 97.7-100 % between the SARSCoV-2 (COVID-19) and bat coronaviruses that supports the animal descend of SARS-CoV-2 (VID-19) [2].

Author Biographies

  • Attapon Cheepsattayakorn, 10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    10th Zonal Tuberculosis and Chest Disease Center, Chiang Mai, Thailand

  • Ruangrong Cheepsattayakorn, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

    Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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Published

2020-08-26

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Volume 1, Issue 1

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Articles