Abstract:Background: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants is a current public health concern possibly impacting COVID-19 disease diagnosis, transmission patterns and vaccine effectiveness.
Objectives: To describe the SARS-CoV-2 lineages circulating early pandemic among samples with S gene dropout and characterize a novel mutation in receptor-binding domain (RBD) of viral spike protein.
Study design: Adults and children older than 2 months with signs and symptoms of COVID-19 were prospectively enrolled from May to Octob… Show more
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