El genoma del coronavirus

PARDO, AGUSTIN MARIA; ADRIÁN TURJANSKI; MARÍA MERCEDES PALOMINO; SCHUSTER, CLAUDIO; DARÍO A. FERNÁNDEZ DO PORTO

QUíMICA VIVA

DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA BIOLÓGICA, FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS Y NATURALES, UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES

Lugar: Ciudad de Buenos Aires; Año: 2020

1666-7948

In January 2020, the causal agent of a mysterious new pneumonia, a variant of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), was officially reported. After the first appearance of the virus in Wuhan (China), different outbreaks started throughout the world. Almost simultaneously, viral genomes of thousands of clinical isolates were globally sequenced. These genome sequences are being obtained simultaneously with the pandemic allowing us to study the pandemic evolution at the same time of its development. This represents an unprecedented event for human scientific history. In this article we explore the importance of these data and how it can help us to understand the development of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.