Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya
- George Githinji
- Zaydah R. de Laurent
- Khadija Said Mohammed
- Donwilliams O. Omuoyo
- Peter M. Macharia
- John M. Morobe
- Edward Otieno
- Samson M. Kinyanjui
- Ambrose Agweyu
- Eric Maitha
- Ben Kitole
- Thani Suleiman
- Mohamed Mwakinangu
- John Nyambu
- John Otieno
- Barke Salim
- Kadondi Kasera
- John Kiiru
- Rashid Aman
- Edwine Barasa
- George Warimwe
- Philip Bejon
- Benjamin Tsofa
- Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier
- D. James Nokes
- Charles N. Agoti
Publication date
August 2021
DOI Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC Journal
Nature CommunicationsAbstract
SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in Kenya in March 2020 and there was evidence of local transmission in the following months. Here, the authors characterise the early stages of the epidemic in coastal Kenya using phylogenetics and find evidence of multiple strain importations from international points of entry
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