COVID-19 -- Brazil
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil was mainly driven by the B.1.1.28 and B.1.1.33 lineages that likely emerged in February 2020 before becoming the dominant variants in most regions by October 2020.
Since then, genomic studies revealed the emergence of 2 rapidly spreading variants (P.1 and P.2) within the B.1.1.28 lineage that harbor mutations in the receptor-binding domain of the spike protein.
Lineage P.1, which was first described in January 2020, is considered a variant of concern
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8252208&promed&0
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