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Genomic surveillance activities unveil the introduction of the SARS‐CoV‐2 B.1.525 variant of interest in Brazil: Case report
Author(s) -
Pereira Felicidade,
Tosta Stephane,
Lima Maricélia M.,
Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva Luciana,
Nardy Vanessa B.,
Gómez Marcela K. A.,
Lima Jaqueline G.,
Fonseca Vagner,
Oliveira Tulio,
Lourenço Jose,
Alcantara Luiz C.,
Giovanetti Marta,
Leal Arabela
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9071
pISSN - 0146-6615
DOI - 10.1002/jmv.27086
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , genome , biology , public health , public health surveillance , genetics , political science , gene , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , computer science , outbreak , telecommunications , nursing , pathology
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.