May 10, 2021

Travel-Driven Emergence and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.620 with Multiple VOC-like Mutations and Deletions in Europe

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Geographic Spread

Keywords (Tags): geographic spread

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] There is evidence from sequencing data from GISAID that the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.620 variant, which shares mutations and deletions common to variants of concern (VOCs), including E484K, S477N, HV69Δ, Y144Δ, and LLA241/243Δ, is likely contributing to ongoing transmission locally in Lithuania, France, Germany, Spain, Belgium and the Central African Republic. The authors found evidence suggesting that some cases identified in Europe appeared to be linked with travel to Cameroon.

Dudas et al. (May 8, 2021). Travel-Driven Emergence and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.620 with Multiple VOC-like Mutations and Deletions in Europe. Pre-print downloaded May 10 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.04.21256637