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Researcher on SARS-CoV-2 genomic diversity and transmission dynamics in East Africa
The study utilised genomic sequences from the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) repository. Bayesian Phylogeography methods were used via the BEAST software. The first case of COVID-19 in Uganda likely originated from Kenya.
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Nabisubi et al., "Genetic diversity and transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in East Africa," PubMed PMID 41535569, January 14, 2026.
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Bayesian analysis is the right framework for settling the COVID-19 origins question
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Disputed The quote matches the abstract text of PMID 41535569 on PubMed/PMC, including the GISAID, BEAST, and Kenya-origin sentences. However, the paper is a multi-author study (Nabisubi et al., with Eva Akurut as one coauthor), so it is not correctly attributable as a single-author quote to Eva Akurut alone. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 1h ago
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