Brazil co-infection sees patients infected with two variants of coronavirus at the same time

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“We were the first to identify two independent events of co-infection caused by the occurrence of B.1.1.28 (E484K) with either B.1.1.248 or B.1.91 lineages. Also, clustering analysis revealed the occurrence of a novel cluster of samples circulating in the state (named VUI-NP13L) characterized by 12 lineage-defining mutations.”

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.21.21249764v1

 

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** This post was originally published on February 7, 2021 **