SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Taiwan revealed novel ORF8-deletion mutant and clade possibly associated with infections in Middle East

Yu Nong Gong; Kuo Chien Tsao; Mei Jen Hsiao; Chung Guei Huang; Peng Nien Huang; Po Wei Huang; Kuo Ming Lee; Yi Chun Liu; Shu Li Yang; Rei Lin Kuo; Kuan Fu Chen; Yen Chin Liu; Sheng Yu Huang; Hsing I. Huang; Ming Tsan Liu; Ji Rong Yang; Cheng Hsun Chiu; Cheng Ta Yang; Guang Wu Chen; Shin Ru Shih

doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1782271

SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Taiwan revealed novel ORF8-deletion mutant and clade possibly associated with infections in Middle East

Yu Nong Gong
, Kuo Chien Tsao
, Mei Jen Hsiao
, Chung Guei Huang
, Peng Nien Huang
, Po Wei Huang
, Kuo Ming Lee
, Yi Chun Liu
, Shu Li Yang
, Rei Lin Kuo
, Kuan Fu Chen
, Yen Chin Liu
, Sheng Yu Huang
, Hsing I. Huang
, Ming Tsan Liu
, Ji Rong Yang
, Cheng Hsun Chiu
, Cheng Ta Yang
, Guang Wu Chen^*
, Shin Ru Shih^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Taiwan experienced two waves of imported infections with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This study aimed at investigating the genomic variation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Taiwan and compared their evolutionary trajectories with the global strains. We performed culture and full-genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 strains followed by phylogenetic analysis. A 382-nucleotides deletion in open reading frame 8 (ORF8) was found in a Taiwanese strain isolated from a patient on February 4, 2020 who had a travel history to Wuhan. Patients in the first wave also included several sporadic, local transmission cases. Genomes of 5 strains sequenced from clustered infections were classified into a new clade with ORF1ab-V378I mutation, in addition to 3 dominant clades ORF8-L84S, ORF3a-G251V and S-D614G. This highlighted clade also included some strains isolated from patients who had a travel history to Turkey and Iran. The second wave mostly resulted from patients who had a travel history to Europe and Americas. All Taiwanese viruses were classified into various clades. Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Taiwan revealed a new ORF8-deletion mutant and a virus clade that may be associated with infections in the Middle East, which contributed to a better understanding of the global SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1457-1466
Number of pages	10
Journal	Emerging Microbes and Infections
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1782271
State	Published - 01 01 2020

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COVID-19
ORF8 deletion
Phylogeny
SARS-CoV-2
genome sequencing

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Gong, Y. N., Tsao, K. C., Hsiao, M. J., Huang, C. G., Huang, P. N., Huang, P. W., Lee, K. M., Liu, Y. C., Yang, S. L., Kuo, R. L., Chen, K. F., Liu, Y. C., Huang, S. Y., Huang, H. I., Liu, M. T., Yang, J. R., Chiu, C. H., Yang, C. T., Chen, G. W., & Shih, S. R. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Taiwan revealed novel ORF8-deletion mutant and clade possibly associated with infections in Middle East. Emerging Microbes and Infections, 9(1), 1457-1466. https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1782271

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SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Taiwan revealed novel ORF8-deletion mutant and clade possibly associated with infections in Middle East

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