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Early transmissibility assessment of the N501Y mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020

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Leung, Kathy, Shum, Marcus HH, Leung, Gabriel M, Lam, Tommy TY, Wu, Joseph T·2021·Eurosurveillance

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Two new SARS-CoV-2 lineages with the N501Y mutation in the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein spread rapidly in the United Kingdom. We estimated that the earlier 501Y lineage without amino acid deletion Δ69/Δ70, circulating mainly between early September and mid-November, was 10% (6–13%) more transmissible than the 501N lineage, and the 501Y lineage with amino acid deletion Δ69/Δ70, circulating since late September, was 75% (70–80%) more transmissible than the 501N lineage.

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Authors
Leung, K., Shum, M. H., Leung, G. M., Lam, T. T., & Wu, J. T.
Affiliations
  • Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (HK)
  • Joint Institute of Virology (Shantou University and The University of Hong Kong), Guangdong-Hongkong Joint Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Shantou University, Shantou, China
  • Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health (D24H), Hong Kong Science Park, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
Corresponding author
Wu, Joseph T
Venue
Eurosurveillance
Published
2021-01-07
Volume
26
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 1025-496X (ISSN-L)
  • 1560-7917
OpenAlex
W3120079728
Cited by
694
References
12
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 90 · 2022: 176 · 2021: 385 · 2020: 1
FWCI
53.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Update notices
addendum (2021-01-21)
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Locations
  • Eurosurveillance (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • medRxiv (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (31922087)
  • Hong Kong Government
  • Health and Medical Research Fund
  • Young Scientists Fund
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Keywords
SARS-CoV-2, N501Y mutation, spike protein receptor-binding domain, viral transmissibility, United Kingdom, COVID-19 pandemic
MeSH terms
COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Genetic Markers, United Kingdom, Humans, Mutation, Phylogeny, Genetic Variation, Genome, Viral, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

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