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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Apr 8;28(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.220523. Online ahead of print.
Recombinant BA.1/BA.2 SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Arriving Travelers, Hong Kong, February 2022
Haogao Gu, Daisy Y M Ng, Gigi Y Z Liu, Samuel S M Cheng, Pavithra Krishnan, Lydia D J Chang, Sammi S Y Cheuk, Mani M Y Hui, Tommy T Y Lam, Malik Peiris, Leo L M Poon
Abstract
We studied SARS-CoV-2 genomes from travelers arriving in Hong Kong during November 2021-February 2022. In addition to Omicron and Delta variants, we detected a BA.1/BA.2 recombinant with a breakpoint near the 5' end of the spike gene in 2 epidemiologically linked case-patients. Continued surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 recombinants is needed.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Apr 8;28(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.220523. Online ahead of print.
Recombinant BA.1/BA.2 SARS-CoV-2 Virus in Arriving Travelers, Hong Kong, February 2022
Haogao Gu, Daisy Y M Ng, Gigi Y Z Liu, Samuel S M Cheng, Pavithra Krishnan, Lydia D J Chang, Sammi S Y Cheuk, Mani M Y Hui, Tommy T Y Lam, Malik Peiris, Leo L M Poon
- PMID: 35394420
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2806.220523
Abstract
We studied SARS-CoV-2 genomes from travelers arriving in Hong Kong during November 2021-February 2022. In addition to Omicron and Delta variants, we detected a BA.1/BA.2 recombinant with a breakpoint near the 5' end of the spike gene in 2 epidemiologically linked case-patients. Continued surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 recombinants is needed.
Keywords: COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.