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Scientists to US: Act now to leash virulent COVID variant – CIDRAP
The B117 SARS-CoV-2 variant will dominate other strains in the coming weeks, study authors say.
The B117 SARS-CoV-2 variant, identified in 33 states thus far, will dominate other strains in the coming weeks, triggering major COVID-19 surges such as those seen in Portugal and the United Kingdomunless the United States immediately scales up surveillance and mitigation efforts, according to a study published yesterday on the preprint server medRxiv.
A team led by scientists from the Scripps Research Institute sequenced SARS-CoV-2 genomes from 10 states using US COVID-19 testing facilities to…
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