King Co Sequence WA4 Matches the Snohomish Co Sequences

[niman]

University of Washington has released a sequence at GISAID, BetaCoV/USA/WA4-UW2/2020, from a female which would be linked to the Long Term Care Facility In Kirkland.  This sequence matches the two sequences from Snohomish County (35M from mid Jan and 17M from late Feb).  The match indicates this lineage has been circulating in the Seattle area since mid January.

Edited March 6, 2020 by niman

[niman]

Virus detail
Virus name:	BetaCoV/USA/WA4-UW2/2020
Accession ID:	EPI_ISL_413455
Type:	betacoronavirus
Passage details/history:	Original
Sample information
Collection date:	2020-02-28
Location:	North America / USA / Washington
Host:	Human
Institute information

Edited March 6, 2020 by niman