Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus1,2. Here we describe a newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2; also known as B.1.351 or 20H) that is defined by eight mutations in the...

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Main Authors: Tegally, H, Wilkinson, E, Giovanetti, M, Iranzadeh, A, Fonseca, V, Giandhari, J, Doolabh, D, Pillay, S, San, EJ, Msomi, N, Mlisana, K, von Gottberg, A, Walaza, S, Allam, M, Ismail, A, Mohale, T, Glass, AJ, Engelbrecht, S, Van Zyl, G, Preiser, W, Petruccione, F, Sigal, A, Hardie, D, Marais, G, Hsiao, N-Y, Korsman, S, Davies, M-A, Tyers, L, Mudau, I, York, D, Maslo, C, Goedhals, D, Abrahams, S, Laguda-Akingba, O, Alisoltani-Dehkordi, A, Godzik, A, Wibmer, CK, Sewell, BT, Lourenço, JM, Alcantara, LCJ, Kosakovsky Pond, SL, Weaver, S, Martin, D, Lessells, RJ, Bhiman, JN, Williamson, C, de Oliveira, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021

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