Rapid Increase of SARS-CoV-2 Variant B.1.1.7 Detected in Sewage Samples from England between October 2020 and January 2021

oleh: Thomas Wilton, Erika Bujaki, Dimitra Klapsa, Manasi Majumdar, Maria Zambon, Martin Fritzsche, Ryan Mate, Javier Martin

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: American Society for Microbiology 2021-06-01

Deskripsi

The recent appearance and growth of new SARS-CoV-2 variants represent a major challenge for the control of the COVID-19 pandemic. These variants of concern contain mutations affecting antigenicity, which raises concerns on their possible impact on human immune response to the virus and vaccine efficacy against them.