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SARS-CoV-2 BW lineage, a fast-growing Omicron variant from southeast Mexico bearing relevant escape mutations.
Infection - 1 Oct 2023
García-López Rodrigo, Rivera-Gutiérrez Xaira, Rosales-Rivera Mauricio, Zárate Selene, Muñoz-Medina José Esteban, Roche Benjamin, Herrera-Estrella Alfredo, Gómez-Gil Bruno, Sanchez-Flores Alejandro, Taboada Blanca, Arias Carlos F
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PURPOSE: The swift expansion of the BW.1 SARS-CoV-2 variant coincided with a rapid increase of COVID-19 cases occurring in Southeast Mexico in October, 2022, which marked the start of Mexico's sixth epidemiological wave. In Yucatan, up to 92% (58 of 73) of weekly sequenced genomes between epidemiological week 42 and 47 were identified as either BW.1 or its descendant, BW.1.1 in the region, during the last...
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