Incidence Trends for SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Beta Variants, Finland, Spring 2021

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kant, Ravi ; Nguyen, Phuoc Truong ; Blomqvist, Soile ; Erdin, Mert ; Alburkat, Hussein ; Suvanto, Maija ; Zakham, Fathiah ; Salminen, Veera ; Olander, Viktor ; Paloniemi, Minna ; Huhti, Leena ; Lehtinen, Sara ; Luukinen, Bruno ; Jarva, Hanna ; Kallio-Kokko, Hannimari ; Kurkela, Satu ; Lappalainen, Maija ; Liimatainen, Hanna ; Hannula, Sari ; Halkilahti, Jani ; Ikonen, Jonna ; Ikonen, Niina ; Helve, Otto ; Gunell, Marianne ; Vuorinen, Tytti ; Plyusnin, Ilya ; Lindh, Erika ; Ellonen, Pekka ; Sironen, Tarja ; Savolainen-Kopra, Carita ; Smura, Teemu ; Vapalahti, Olli
• Description:
  Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Alpha and Beta variants became dominant in Finland in spring 2021 but had diminished by summer. We used phylogenetic clustering to identify sources of spreading. We found that outbreaks were mostly seeded by a few introductions, highlighting the importance of surveillance and prevention policies.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Incidence Phylogeny Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(12):3137-3141
• Pubmed ID:
  34708686
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8632157
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Finland
• Location:
  Europe
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e98aab82364c2bdee00906f7dba7abf9cbb1198ed528682759c03857735da446
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112630/cdc_112630_DS1.pdf
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