Risk for International Importations of Variant SARS-CoV-2 Originating in the United Kingdom

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Du, Zhanwei ; Wang, Lin ; Yang, Bingyi ; Ali, Sheikh Taslim ; Tsang, Tim K. ; Shan, Songwei ; Wu, Peng ; Lau, Eric H.Y. ; Cowling, Benjamin J. ; Meyers, Lauren Ancel
• Description:
  A fast-spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant identified in the United Kingdom in December 2020 has raised international alarm. We analyzed data from 15 countries and estimated that the chance that this variant was imported into these countries by travelers from the United Kingdom by December 7 is >50%.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(5):1527-1529
• Pubmed ID:
  33760727
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8084518
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 AI151176/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; U01 IP001136/IP/NCIRD CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United Kingdom
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a94134967c81368a2ef731bfd35597d6931595481403b0b7c720e32e02b5f351
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106041/cdc_106041_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.20 MB ]