1. Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report.
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Pereira F, Tosta S, Lima MM, Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva L, Nardy VB, Gómez MKA, Lima JG, Fonseca V, de Oliveira T, Lourenço J, Alcantara LC Jr, Giovanetti M, and Leal A
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- Aged, Brazil epidemiology, COVID-19 diagnosis, COVID-19 epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Imported diagnosis, Communicable Diseases, Imported epidemiology, Female, Genome, Viral genetics, Humans, Mutation, Nigeria epidemiology, Travel-Related Illness, COVID-19 virology, Communicable Diseases, Imported virology, SARS-CoV-2 genetics, SARS-CoV-2 isolation & purification
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The appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 has recently challenged public health authorities with respect to tracking transmission and mitigating the impact in the evolving pandemic across countries. B.1.525 is considered a variant under investigation since it carries specific genetic signatures present in P.1, B.1.1.7, and B.1.351. Here we report genomic evidence of the first likely imported case of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant, isolated in a traveler returning from Nigeria., (© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2021
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