Article
Replacement of the Gamma by the Delta variant in Brazil: impact of lineage displacement on the ongoing pandemic
2021-12-29
Abstract excerpt
The COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil was driven mainly by the spread of Gamma (P.1), a locally emerged Variant of Concern (VOC) that was first detected in early January 2021. This variant was estimated to be responsible for more than 96% of cases reported between January and June 2021, being associated with increased transmissibility and disease severity, a reduction in neutralization antibodies and effectiveness of tr...
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- Literature Corpus work
- b465b6a2-d7c0-54aa-b537-e52d09d5424f
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.12.27.21268309
