Yinkaokoh/updatedSARCoV2_project

Collaborative on SARS-CoV19 in Africa # updatedSARCoV2_project Collaborative project on the _Epidemiology and genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating in Africa_ by: Olayinka Sunday Okoh 1,#, Nicholas Israel Nii-Trebi 2,#, Abdulrokeeb Jakkari 3, Tosin Titus Olaniran 4, 5, Tosin Yetunde Senbadejo 6, Anna Aba Kafintu-kwashie 7, Emmanuel Oluwatobi Dairo 5,8, Tajudeen Oladunni Ganiyu 6, Ifiokakaninyene Ekpo Akaninyene 4, 5, Louis Odinakaose Ezediuno 9, Idowu Jesulayomi Adeosun 10,11, Michael Asebake Ockiya 12, Esther Moradeyo Jimah 5,13, David J. Spiro 14, Elijah Kolawole Oladipo 5,10, Nídia S. Trovão 14 # Contributed equally 1 Department of Chemical Sciences, Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana 3 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria 4 Department of Pure and Applied Biology (Microbiology Unit), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria 5 Helix Biogen Institute, Ogbomoso, Nigeria 6 Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural and Applied Sciences, Fountain University, Osogbo, Nigeria 7 Department of Medical Microbiology, Clinical Virology unit, University of Ghana Medical School, Accra, Ghana 8 Department of Virology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria 9 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of life sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria 10 Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Bioinformatics, Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria 11 Division of Microbiology, Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield Pretoria 0028, South Africa 12 Department of Animal Science, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria 13 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria 14 Fogarty International Center, Natio …