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Case Report: Paucisymptomatic College-Age Population as a Reservoir for Potentially Neutralization-Resistant Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Variants.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 20 Sept 2021
Neuman Benjamin W, Brashear Wesley A, Brun Marcel, Chaki Sankar P, Fischer Rebecca S B, Guidry Sierra J, Hill Joshua E, Hillhouse Andrew E, Johnson Charles D, Kahl-McDonagh Melissa M, Metz Richard P, Rice-Ficht Allison C, Shuford Jennifer A, Skaggs Tiffany A, Stull Matthew A, Threadgill David W, Akpalu Yao, Zuelke Kurt
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To better understand the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant lineage distribution in a college campus population, we carried out viral genome surveillance over a 7-week period from January to March 2021. Among the sequences were three novel viral variants: BV-1 with a B.1.1.7/20I genetic background and an additional spike mutation Q493R, associated with a mild but...
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