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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 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 · 1h ago
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