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Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report.

Authors :
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
Leal A
Source :
Journal of medical virology [J Med Virol] 2021 Sep; Vol. 93 (9), pp. 5523-5526. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 25.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

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.<br /> (© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1096-9071
Volume :
93
Issue :
9
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Journal of medical virology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
33990970
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.27086