TY - JOUR AU - Alm, Erik AU - Broberg, Eeva K. AU - Connor, Thomas R. AU - Hodcroft, Emma B. AU - Komissarov, Andrey B. AU - Maurer-Stroh, Sebasitan AU - Melidou, Angeliki AU - Neher, Richard A. AU - O'Toole, Áine Niamh AU - Pereyaslov, Dmitriy AU - WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV PY - 2020 DA - August TI - Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020 JO - Eurosurveillance VL - 25 IS - 32 DO - https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410 AB - We show the distribution of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) genetic clades over time and between countries and outline potential genomic surveillance objectives. We applied three genomic nomenclature systems to all sequence data from the World Health Organization European Region available until 10 July 2020. We highlight the importance of real-time sequencing and data dissemination in a pandemic situation, compare the nomenclatures and lay a foundation for future European genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. PB - European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control UR - http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/237887/ KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19) ER