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2026 study on SARS-CoV-2 genetic 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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AI Verified Source quote supports a for stance: “The study utilised genomic sequences from the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) repository. Bayesian Phylogeography methods were used via the BEAST softwar…” · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 15d ago
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AI Verified The PubMed abstract contains the stored sentence; author corrected from an individual coauthor to the study title. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 15d ago
AI Verified The PubMed abstract contains the stored sentence; author corrected from an individual coauthor to the study title. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 15d ago
Disputed The sentence appears verbatim in the PubMed abstract for PMID 41535569, but that record attributes the paper to Patricia Nabisubi et al., with Grace Kebirungi listed only as one of several coauthors, so it cannot be verified as a single-author quote from Grace alone. ([pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41535569/?utm_source=openai)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 · 20d ago
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