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Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Travelers from Brazil to Japan.

Fujino, Takahisa; Nomoto, Hidetoshi; Kutsuna, Satoshi; Ujiie, Mugen; Suzuki, Tetsuya; Sato, Rubuna; Fujimoto, Tsuguto; Kuroda, Makoto; Wakita, Takaji; Ohmagari, Norio.

Emerg Infect Dis ; 27(4)2021 04.

Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1145545

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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.

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COVID-19 Drug Treatment , Communicable Diseases, Imported , SARS-CoV-2 , Adult , Basic Reproduction Number , Brazil/epidemiology , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/therapy , COVID-19/transmission , COVID-19/virology , Communicable Diseases, Imported/epidemiology , Communicable Diseases, Imported/physiopathology , Communicable Diseases, Imported/therapy , Communicable Diseases, Imported/virology , Hospitalization , Humans , Japan/epidemiology , Male , Mutation , Quarantine/methods , SARS-CoV-2/genetics , SARS-CoV-2/isolation & purification , Symptom Assessment/methods , Travel-Related Illness , Treatment Outcome

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