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16 new lineages of SARS-CoV-2 emerge in South Africa despite lockdown – News-Medical.net
Published in a recent medRxiv* paper, researchers from South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Brazil found that these mutations in SARS-CoV-2 lineages are localized…
The initial cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were first reported in March 2020 in South Africa. Since then, the disease has spread rapidly and widely throughout the region. Unique mutations leading to 16 new lineages of the causal agent, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have been identified in the South African population.
Published in a recent medRxiv* paper, researchers from South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Brazil found that these mutations in…
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