SARS-CoV-2 N501Y Introductions and Transmissions in Switzerland from Beginning of October 2020 to February 2021—Implementation of Swiss-Wide Diagnostic Screening and Whole Genome Sequencing

The rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 (N501Y.V1) throughout the UK, B.1.351 (N501Y.V2) in South Africa, and P.1 (B.1.1.28.1; N501Y.V3) in Brazil has led to the definition of variants of concern (VoCs) and recommendations for lineage specific surveillance. In Switzerland, during the las...

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Main Authors: Ana Rita Goncalves Cabecinhas, Tim Roloff, Madlen Stange, Claire Bertelli, Michael Huber, Alban Ramette, Chaoran Chen, Sarah Nadeau, Yannick Gerth, Sabine Yerly, Onya Opota, Trestan Pillonel, Tobias Schuster, Cesar M. J. A. Metzger, Jonas Sieber, Michael Bel, Nadia Wohlwend, Christian Baumann, Michel C. Koch, Pascal Bittel, Karoline Leuzinger, Myrta Brunner, Franziska Suter-Riniker, Livia Berlinger, Kirstine K. Søgaard, Christiane Beckmann, Christoph Noppen, Maurice Redondo, Ingrid Steffen, Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Alfredo Mari, Reto Lienhard, Martin Risch, Oliver Nolte, Isabella Eckerle, Gladys Martinetti Lucchini, Emma B. Hodcroft, Richard A. Neher, Tanja Stadler, Hans H. Hirsch, Stephen L. Leib, Lorenz Risch, Laurent Kaiser, Alexandra Trkola, Gilbert Greub, Adrian Egli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:Microorganisms
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/4/677