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Global Discrepancies between Numbers of Available SARS-CoV-2 Genomes and Human Development Indexes at Country Scales.
Colson, Philippe; Raoult, Didier.
  • Colson P; IHU Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
  • Raoult D; Aix-Marseille University, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM), MEPHI, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
Viruses ; 13(5)2021 04 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1389539
ABSTRACT
It has now been over a year since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged in China, in December 2019, and it has spread rapidly around the world. Some variants are currently considered of great concern. We aimed to analyze the numbers of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences obtained in different countries worldwide until January 2021. On 28 January 2021, we downloaded the deposited genome sequence origin from the GISAID database, and from the "Our world in data" website we downloaded numbers of SARS-CoV-2-diagnosed cases, numbers of SARS-CoV-2-associated deaths, population size, life expectancy, gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, and human development index per country. Files were merged and data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel software. A total of 450,968 SARS-CoV-2 genomes originating from 135 countries on the 5 continents were available. When considering the 19 countries for which the number of genomes per 100 deaths was >100, six were in Europe, while eight were in Asia, three were in Oceania and two were in Africa. Six (30%) of these countries are beyond rank 75, regarding the human development index and four (20%) are beyond rank 80 regarding GDP per capita. Moreover, the comparisons of the number of genomes sequenced per 100 deaths to the human development index by country show that some Western European countries have released similar or lower numbers of genomes than many African or Asian countries with a lower human development index. Previous data highlight great discrepancies between the numbers of available SARS-CoV-2 genomes per 100 cases and deaths and the ranking of countries regarding wealth and development.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Genome, Viral / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Topics: Variants Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia / Europa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13050775

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Genome, Viral / SARS-CoV-2 / COVID-19 Type of study: Observational study Topics: Variants Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Africa / Asia / Europa Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: V13050775