Detection and characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.526 in New York

oleh: Anthony P. West, Joel O. Wertheim, Jade C. Wang, Tetyana I. Vasylyeva, Jennifer L. Havens, Moinuddin A. Chowdhury, Edimarlyn Gonzalez, Courtney E. Fang, Steve S. Di Lonardo, Scott Hughes, Jennifer L. Rakeman, Henry H. Lee, Christopher O. Barnes, Priyanthi N. P. Gnanapragasam, Zhi Yang, Christian Gaebler, Marina Caskey, Michel C. Nussenzweig, Jennifer R. Keeffe, Pamela J. Bjorkman

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-08-01

Deskripsi

West and colleagues develop the Variant Database software tool for examination of changing Spike mutations in SARS-CoV-2 genomes. The authors use this to detect emerging lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in New York and report the rapid spread of the B.1.526 lineage in the city.