Repository series · ncbi-prjna636004
Isolation and characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Turkey
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) associated with severe respiratory illness emerged in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The virus has able to spread promptly to across all continents in the world. The current pandemic has posed a great threat to public health concern and safety. Currently, there are no specific treatments or licensed vaccines available for COVID-19. We isolated the SARS-CoV-2 from the nasopharyngeal sample of a patient with confirmed COVID-19 in Turkey. We determined that Vero E6 and MA-104 cell lines are suitable for SARS-CoV-2 that supports viral replication, development of CPE and subsequent cell death. Phylogenetic analyses of whole genome sequences showed that hCoV-19/Turkey/ERAGEM-001/2020 strain clustered with the strains mainly from Australia, Canada, England, Iran and Kuwait and the cases in the nearby clusters were reported to have travel history to Iran and share the common unique nucleotide substitutions
The accession and its GCC connection are verified. Registration alone does not establish that the broader research programme remains active.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- Kuwait connection indexed in BioProject metadata
- Project type
- Repository project
- Research domain
- Pathogen genomics and infectious disease
- Years
- 2020–
- Lifecycle status
- repository_recorded
- Status basis
- Registered in NCBI BioProject on 2020/05/30; operational lifecycle is not asserted.
- Status evidence date
- 2020-05-30
- Scale
- 1 BioProject accession grouped by matching submitter, date, data type and narrative.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Istanbul Technical University
- Partner organizations
- Not stated
- Organism / population
- Not stated
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- Raw sequence reads
- Sequencing
- Genome
Data access
Public repository metadata with linked data where supplied by the submitter
Identifiers
- BioProject
PRJNA636004
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
Exact country-name match in authoritative NCBI BioProject metadata; repeated submissions are grouped into one Atlas series.
Editorial note
Repository verification confirms the accession and regional connection, not whether the broader research programme remains active.
Sources
- primary record source Verified 2026-08-15
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