More transmissible and evasive SARS-CoV-2 variant growing rapidly in Brazil.

[2greys]

The findings, which may point to risk of re-infection or increased transmissibility, come from researchers at the University of São Paulo in collaboration with Imperial College London and the University of Oxford.

P.1 lineage around the world

Despite very high infection rates in the Amazon region, a second wave of infection hit in Manaus, Brazil between December 2020 and January 2021. Genomic sequencing of clinical samples from Manaus found that this second wave was associated with the emergence and rapid spread of a new Variant of Concern (VOC), the P.1 lineage.

Statistical analysis of genome data suggests that the P.1 lineage has likely been circulating in Manaus since early November 2020.

This lineage has been identified in over 20 countries worldwide and continues to spread, including several recently confirmed cases in the UK.

imperial.ac.uk/news/216053/...

Study Data: A PDF file

github.com/CADDE-CENTRE/Nov...

[2greys]

Not the best of news. Posted to bring clarification to the media sensationalising and exaggerating the facts.

[Patk1 in reply to 2greys]

Thanx 4 yr updates and items of interest.gd 2 cu back