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Rapid replacement of the Beta variant by the Delta variant in South Africa

2021-09-27

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The Beta variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in South Africa in late 2020 and rapidly became the dominant variant, causing over 95% of infections in the country during and after the second epidemic wave. Here we show rapid replacement of the Beta variant by the Delta variant, a highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) that emerged in India and subsequently sprea...

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DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.23.21264018

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