Article
First cases of infection with the 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant in Marseille, France.
Journal of medical virology - 1 Jul 2022
Colson Philippe, Delerce Jérémy, Beye Mamadou, Levasseur Anthony, Boschi Céline, Houhamdi Linda, Tissot-Dupont Hervé, Yahi Nouara, Million Matthieu, La Scola Bernard, Fantini Jacques, Raoult Didier, Fournier Pierre-Edouard
Abstract excerpt
The SARS-CoV-2 21K/BA.1, 21L/BA.2, and BA.3 Omicron variants have recently emerged worldwide. To date, the 21L/BA.2 Omicron variant has remained very minority globally but became predominant in Denmark instead of the 21K/BA.1 variant. Here, we describe the first cases diagnosed with this variant in south-eastern France. We identified 13 cases using variant-specific qPCR and next-generation sequencing between...
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