Epidemic Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in Brazil
Filipe Romero Rebello Moreira, Diego Menezes, Danielle Alves Gomes Zauli, Joice do Prado Silva, Aline Brito de Lima, Frederico Scott Varella Malta, Alessandro Clayton de Souza Ferreira, Victor Cavalcanti Pardini, Wagner C. S. Magalhães, Daniel Costa Queiroz, Rafael Marques de Souza, Victor Emmanuel Viana Geddes, Walyson Coelho Costa, Rennan Garcias Moreira, Nuno R. Faria, Carolina Moreira Voloch, Renan P. Souza, Renato Santana Aguiar
Abstract
The emergence of diverse lineages harboring mutations with functional significance and potentially enhanced transmissibility imposes an increased difficulty on the containment of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic [...].
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Transmissibility (structural dynamics)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Lineage (genetic)PandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Virology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakBiologySars virusBetacoronavirusOutbreakGeneticsMedicineGeneDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)Vibration isolationPathologyVibrationQuantum mechanicsPhysicsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology