Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS‐CoV‐2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report
Felicidade Mota Pereira, Stephane Tosta, Maricélia Maia de Lima, Luciana Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Marcela Gómez, Jaqueline Gomes Lima, Vagner Fonseca, Túlio de Oliveira, José Lourenço, Luiz C. Alcantara, Marta Giovanetti, Arabela Leal
Abstract
The appearance of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 has recently challenged public health authorities with respect to tracking transmission and mitigating the impact in the evolving pandemic across countries. B.1.525 is considered a variant under investigation since it carries specific genetic signatures present in P.1, B.1.1.7, and B.1.351. Here we report genomic evidence of the first likely imported case of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.525 variant, isolated in a traveler returning from Nigeria.
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PandemicSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)VirologyCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Transmission (telecommunications)GenomeBiology2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPublic healthPublic health surveillanceGeneticsPolitical scienceGeneMedicineInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseComputer scienceOutbreakNursingPathologyTelecommunicationsSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology