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Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 ORF6 deletion variants detected in a nosocomial cluster during routine genomic surveillance, Lyon, France.
Emerging microbes & infections - 1 Dec 2021
Quéromès Grégory, Destras Grégory, Bal Antonin, Regue Hadrien, Burfin Gwendolyne, Brun Solenne, Fanget Rémi, Morfin Florence, Valette Martine, Trouillet-Assant Sophie, Lina Bruno, Frobert Emilie, Josset Laurence
Abstract excerpt
During routine molecular surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 performed at the National Reference Center of Respiratory Viruses (Lyon, France) (n = 229 sequences collected February-April 2020), two frameshifting deletions were detected in the open reading frame 6, at the same position (27267). While a 26-nucleotide deletion variant (D26) was only found in one nasopharyngeal sample in March 2020, the 34-nucleotide deletion...
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