Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 among travelers arriving in Hong Kong

Gu H, Chu DKW, Chang LDJ, Cheuk SSY, Gurung S, Krishnan P, Ng DYM, Liu GYZ, Wan CKC, Xie R, Cheng SSM, Cowling BJ, Tsang DNC, Peiris M, Dhanasekaran V, Poon LLM. 2021. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27 (10): October 2021

Abstract

We sequenced 10% of imported severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections detected in travelers to Hong Kong and revealed the genomic diversity of regions of origin, including lineages not previously reported from those countries. Our results suggest that international or regional travel hubs might be useful surveillance sites to monitor sequence diversity.