Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom

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...

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Autores principales: Du, Zhanwei, Wang, Lin, Yang, Bingyi, Ali, Sheikh Taslim, Tsang, Tim K., Shan, Songwei, Wu, Peng, Lau, Eric H.Y., Cowling, Benjamin J., Meyers, Lauren Ancel
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210050
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author Du, Zhanwei
Wang, Lin
Yang, Bingyi
Ali, Sheikh Taslim
Tsang, Tim K.
Shan, Songwei
Wu, Peng
Lau, Eric H.Y.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Meyers, Lauren Ancel
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description 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%.
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spelling pubmed-80845182021-05-11 Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom Du, Zhanwei Wang, Lin Yang, Bingyi Ali, Sheikh Taslim Tsang, Tim K. Shan, Songwei Wu, Peng Lau, Eric H.Y. Cowling, Benjamin J. Meyers, Lauren Ancel Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8084518/ /pubmed/33760727 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210050 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Du, Zhanwei
Wang, Lin
Yang, Bingyi
Ali, Sheikh Taslim
Tsang, Tim K.
Shan, Songwei
Wu, Peng
Lau, Eric H.Y.
Cowling, Benjamin J.
Meyers, Lauren Ancel
Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title_full Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title_fullStr Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title_short Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom
title_sort risk for international importations of variant sars-cov-2 originating in the united kingdom
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760727
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210050
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