Acknowledgements
We would also like to thank all the authors who have kindly deposited and shared genomes on GSAID.
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
Author contributions
Conceptualization: Fabio Scarpa, Massimo Ciccozzi. Writing-original draft preparation: Fabio Scarpa, Massimo Ciccozzi. Writing-review and editing: Fabio Scarpa, Massimo Ciccozzi.
Data availability statement
Genomes analyzed in the present study were taken from GSAID database and are available at https://gisaid.org/.
Supplementary material
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed online at https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2024.2342620