Title
Genomic analysis reveals a rapid spread and predominance of lambda (C.37) SARS-COV-2 lineage in Peru despite circulation of variants of concern
Date Issued
01 December 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Abstract
The pandemic generated by SARS-Cov-2 has caused a large number of cases and deaths in the world, but South America has been one of the continents that were most hard hit. The appearance of new variants causes concern because of the possibility that they may evade the protection generated by vaccination campaigns, their greater capacity to be transmitted, or their higher virulence. We analyzed the circulating variants in Peru after improving our Genomic Surveillance program. The results indicate a steep increase of the lambda lineage (C.37) until becoming predominant between January and April 2021, despite the cocirculation of other variants of concern or interest. Lambda lineage deserves close monitoring and could probably become a variant of concern in the near future.
Start page
6845
End page
6849
Volume
93
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85113165216
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Medical Virology
ISSN of the container
01466615
Sponsor(s)
The authors wish to thank the COVID diagnostic team of the National Institute of Health of Peru for their hard contribution in confirming the cases of COVID-19. We also want to thank the staff of laboratory technicians and assistants for their contribution to this article. We also wish to thank the various research groups that have contributed by sharing the SARS-COV-2 genome information in international databases.
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