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

doi:10.1002/jmv.27086

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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.

Journal of medical virology - 1 Sept 2021

Pereira Felicidade, Tosta Stephane, Lima Maricélia M, Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva Luciana, Nardy Vanessa B, Gómez Marcela K A, Lima Jaqueline G, Fonseca Vagner, de Oliveira Tulio, Lourenço Jose, Alcantara Luiz C, Giovanetti Marta, Leal Arabela

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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...

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