Isolation and genomic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 in Anhui Province, China.
Isolation and genomic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 in Anhui Province, China.
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DOI:
10.13242/j.cnki.bingduxuebao.003795
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发表时间:
2020-01-01
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He, J.
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作者:
Li, Wei-wei;Sun, Yong;He, J.
SARS-CoV-2 was worldwide concerned as the pathogen of coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19). Since January 2020, there were 990 confirmed cases reported in Anhui Province, China. We wish to explore the isolation and next-generation sequencing (NGS) of SARS-CoV-2. In the way, we wanted to understand the variation of SARS-CoV-2 in Anhui Province, China and provide a basis for the research and development of a vaccine. Vero cells were infected with throat swab samples. Cells were monitored daily for the cytopathic effect (CPE). Nucleic acids of SARS-CoV-2 in cell supernatants were detected by reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The whole genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 was generated by genome capture and NGS. Sequence alignment was done by Lasergene MegAlign v7.1.0. Phylogenetic trees were constructed by PhyloSuite v1.2.1. The sequence was uploaded to the National Genomic Data Center to identify variations. SARS-CoV-2 isolation showed that a CPE appeared on the fourth day of incubation, and the result was confirmed by RT-PCR. The whole length of the virus genome was 29, 860 bp, which shared more than 99% sequence identity with other SARS-CoV-2 strains and varied in nine positions. The most similar SARS-like coronavirus in bats was the Yunnan RaTG13 strain (96.8% sequence identity). These data showed that we isolated SARS-CoV-2 with Vero cells and analyzed (for the first time) the whole genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 in Anhui Province, China. Our results will aid understanding the characteristics of SARS-CoV-2.