Identification and genomic characterisation of BA.3.2: a highly divergent BA.3-related SARS-CoV-2 lineage from southern Africa
Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Topic: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Authors and affiliations:
raw_author_name: Graeme Dor
raw_affiliation_strings: Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University, South Africa;
Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University, South Africa
raw_author_name: Dikeledi Kekana
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Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
raw_author_name: Ryan Hisner
raw_affiliation_strings: Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa;
Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Darren P. Martin
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Division of Computational Biology, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
raw_author_name: Bette Korber
raw_affiliation_strings: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA;
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA
raw_author_name: Timo Ernst
raw_affiliation_strings: PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;
Independent Researcher
raw_author_name: Avram Levy
raw_affiliation_strings: PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;
PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
raw_author_name: David Speers
raw_affiliation_strings: PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;
PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
raw_author_name: Stuart Turville
raw_affiliation_strings: The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australi;
PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
raw_author_name: Vitali Sintchenko
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The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australi
raw_author_name: Kerri Basile
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Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
University of Sydney
Westmead Hospital, Westmea
raw_author_name: Geraldine Sullivan
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Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
Westmead Hospital, Westmea
University of Sydney
raw_author_name: Rebecca Rockett
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Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health
University of Sydney
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
Westmead Hospital, Westmea
raw_author_name: Jen Kok
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Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
University of Sydney
Westmead Hospital, Westmea
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health
raw_author_name: Federico Gueli
raw_affiliation_strings: Independent Researcher;
University of Sydney
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology-Public Health
Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, NSW Health Pathology-Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research
Westmead Hospital, Westmea
raw_author_name: Richard Lessels
raw_affiliation_strings: KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa;
KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
raw_author_name: Cheryl Baxter
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raw_author_name: Nicole Wolter
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Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), Johannesburg, South Africa
raw_author_name: Anne von Gottberg
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Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI), Stellenbosch University, South Africa
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University of KwaZulu-Natal
raw_author_name: Tulio de Oliveira
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