SARS-CoV-2 Variants and COVID-19 in Bangladesh—Lessons Learned-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

SARS-CoV-2 Variants and COVID-19 in Bangladesh—Lessons Learned

Published:2024-07-04 Issue:7 Volume:16 Page:1077
ISSN:1999-4915
Container-title:Viruses
language:en
Short-container-title:Viruses

Author:

Lytton Simon D.¹^ORCID,Ghosh Asish Kumar²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. SeraDiaLogistics, 81545 Munich, Germany

2. Department of Virology, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh

Abstract

The coronavirus infectious disease-2019 (COVID-19) in Bangladesh is a paradigm for how one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with 1270 people per square kilometer, managed to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic under extraordinary circumstances. This review highlights the SARS-CoV-2 variants in Bangladesh and the timeline of their detection in the context of the global experience with the management of vaccination and natural SARS-CoV-2 infection. The motivation to overcome the COVID-19 vaccine dilemma and track Bangladeshi SARS-CoV-2 sub-variants underscores the potential for a low-income country to excel in international medical science, despite having stressed health care services and limited availability of resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing and gene sequencing.

Funder

SeraDiaLogistics

Publisher

MDPI AG

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/16/7/1077/pdf

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