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The Emergence of the New P.4 Lineage of SARS-CoV-2 With Spike L452R Mutation in Brazil.
Frontiers in public health - 1 Jan 2021
Bittar Cíntia, Possebon Fábio Sossai, Ullmann Leila Sabrina, Geraldini Dayla Bott, da Costa Vivaldo G, de Almeida Luiz G P, da S Sanches Paulo Ricardo, Nascimento-Júnior Nailton M, Cilli Eduardo M, Artico Banho Cecília, Campos Guilherme R F, Ferreira Helena Lage, Sacchetto Lívia, da Silva Gislaine C D, Parra Maisa C P, Moraes Marília M, da Costa Paulo Inácio, Vasconcelos Ana Tereza R, Spilki Fernando Rosado, Nogueira Maurício L, Rahal Paula, Araujo João Pessoa
Abstract excerpt
The emergence of several SARS-CoV-2 lineages presenting adaptive mutations is a matter of concern worldwide due to their potential ability to increase transmission and/or evade the immune response. While performing epidemiological and genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in samples from Porto Ferreira-São Paulo-Brazil, we identified sequences classified by pangolin as B.1.1.28 harboring Spike L452R mutation, in the...
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