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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb 10;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.210138. Online ahead of print.
Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identified in Travelers from Brazil to Japan
Takahisa Fujino, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Mugen Ujiie, Tetsuya Suzuki, Rubuna Sato, Tsuguto Fujimoto, Makoto Kuroda, Takaji Wakita, Norio Ohmagari
Abstract
Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with higher transmission potential have been emerging globally, including SARS-CoV-2 variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa. We report 4 travelers from Brazil to Japan in January 2021 infected with a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant with an additional set of mutations.
Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; Japan; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Feb 10;27(4).
doi: 10.3201/eid2704.210138. Online ahead of print.
Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identified in Travelers from Brazil to Japan
Takahisa Fujino, Hidetoshi Nomoto, Satoshi Kutsuna, Mugen Ujiie, Tetsuya Suzuki, Rubuna Sato, Tsuguto Fujimoto, Makoto Kuroda, Takaji Wakita, Norio Ohmagari
- PMID: 33567247
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.210138
Abstract
Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with higher transmission potential have been emerging globally, including SARS-CoV-2 variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa. We report 4 travelers from Brazil to Japan in January 2021 infected with a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant with an additional set of mutations.
Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; Japan; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.