TY - JOUR AU - Grayo, Solène AU - Troupin, Cécile AU - Diagne, Moussa Moïse AU - Sagno, Houlou AU - Ellis, Isabelle AU - Doukouré, Bakary AU - Diallo, Amadou AU - Bart, Jean-Mathieu AU - Kaba, Mohamed Lamine AU - Henry, Benoit AU - Muyisa, Billy Sivahera AU - Sow, Mamadou Saliou AU - Dia, Ndongo AU - Faye, Ousmane AU - Keita, Sakoba AU - Tordo, Noël T1 - SARS-CoV-2 Circulation, Guinea, March 2020–July 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 457 SN - 1080-6059 AB - This overview of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 circulation over 1.5 years in Guinea demonstrates that virus clades and variants of interest and concern were progressively introduced, mostly by travellers through Conakry, before spreading through the country. Sequencing is key to following virus evolution and establishing efficient control strategies. KW - COVID-19 KW - complete genome sequencing KW - variants KW - coronavirus disease KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - West Africa KW - Guinea DO - 10.3201/eid2802.212182 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/2/21-2182_article ER - End of Reference