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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Mar 24;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.210050. Online ahead of print.
Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
Zhanwei Du, Lin Wang, Bingyi Yang, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Tim K Tsang, Songwei Shan, Peng Wu, Eric H Y Lau, Benjamin J Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers
Abstract
A fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant identified in the United Kingdom in December 2020 has raised international alarm. We analyzed data from 15 countries and estimated that the chance that this variant was imported into these countries by travelers from the United Kingdom by December 7 is >50%.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; importation; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variant; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Mar 24;27(5).
doi: 10.3201/eid2705.210050. Online ahead of print.
Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
Zhanwei Du, Lin Wang, Bingyi Yang, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Tim K Tsang, Songwei Shan, Peng Wu, Eric H Y Lau, Benjamin J Cowling, Lauren Ancel Meyers
- PMID: 33760727
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2705.210050
Abstract
A fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant identified in the United Kingdom in December 2020 has raised international alarm. We analyzed data from 15 countries and estimated that the chance that this variant was imported into these countries by travelers from the United Kingdom by December 7 is >50%.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; United Kingdom; coronavirus disease; epidemiology; importation; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; variant; viruses; zoonoses.