Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Tegally, Houriiyah; Wilkinson, Eduan; Giovanetti, Marta; Iranzadeh, Arash; Fonseca, Vagner; Giandhari, Jennifer; Doolabh, Deelan; Pillay, Sureshnee; James San, Emmanuel; Msomi, Nokukhanya; Mlisana, Koleka; von Gottberg, Anne; Walaza, Sibongile; Allam, Mushal; Ismail, Arshad; Mohale, Thabo; Glass, Allison; Engelbrecht, Susan; U. van Zyl, Gert; Preiser, Wolfgang; Petruccione, Francesco; Sigal, Alex; Hardie, Diana; Marais, Gert; Hsiao, Marvin; N.J. Korsman, Stephen; Davies, Mary‐Ann; Tyers, Lynn; Mudau, Innocent; York, Denis; Maslo, Caroline; Goedhals, Dominique; Abrahams, Shareef; Laguda-Akingba, Oluwakemi; Alisoltani, Arghavan; Godzik, Adam; Kurt Wibmer, Constantinos; Sewell, B.T.; Lourenço, José; Carlos Junior Alcantara, Luiz; L. Kosakovsky Pond, Sergei; Weaver, Steven; P. Martin, Darren; Lessells, Richard; N. Bhiman, Jinal; Williamson, Carolyn; de Oliveira, Túlio

doi:10.1101/2020.12.21.20248640

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Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Published in medRxiv • Dec 22, 2020

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Houriiyah Tegally

Eduan Wilkinson

Marta Giovanetti

Abstract

Summary Continued uncontrolled transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in many parts of the world is creating the conditions for significant virus evolution. Here, we describe a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage (501Y.V2) characterised by eight lineage-defining ...

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Lineage (genetic)

Coronavirus

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