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Dubai COVID-19 Whole-Genome Sequencing Study
Early multi-institutional effort to sequence SARS-CoV-2 cases and reconstruct introductions and transmission in Dubai.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Dubai
- Project type
- pathogen sequencing cohort
- Research domain
- infectious disease genomics and outbreak epidemiology
- Years
- 2020–2021
- Lifecycle status
- completed historical study
- Status basis
- The consortium announced its sequencing study in 2020 and subsequently published the Dubai viral-genome analysis.
- Status evidence date
- 2021-01-01
- Scale
- Original target 240 cases; early analysis reported 115 complete genomes.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences · Dubai COVID-19 Command and Control Centre
- Partner organizations
- Dubai Health Authority · Al Jalila Foundation · United Arab Emirates University · University of Sharjah · New York University Abu Dhabi
- Organism / population
- SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 cases in Dubai
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- viral whole-genome sequencing
- phylogenetics
- epidemiological metadata
Data access
Publication and deposited viral sequences where listed by the paper; no standalone current portal.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Named multi-sample pathogen-genomics initiative with a defined cohort and published output.
Editorial note
Overlaps temporally with the later centrally coordinated national SARS-CoV-2 surveillance project; retain separately as a preceding Dubai study.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
- additional record source Verified 2026-08-15
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