TY - JOUR
T1 - Emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.620 with variant of concern-like mutations and deletions
AU - Dudas, Gytis
AU - Hong, Samuel L
AU - Potter, Barney I
AU - Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien
AU - Niatou-Singa, Frédéric S
AU - Tombolomako, Thais B
AU - Fuh-Neba, Terence
AU - Vickos, Ulrich
AU - Ulrich, Markus
AU - Leendertz, Fabian H
AU - Khan, Kamran
AU - Huber, Carmen
AU - Watts, Alexander
AU - Olendraitė, Ingrida
AU - Snijder, Joost
AU - Wijnant, Kim N
AU - Bonvin, Alexandre M J J
AU - Martres, Pascale
AU - Behillil, Sylvie
AU - Ayouba, Ahidjo
AU - Maidadi, Martin Foudi
AU - Djomsi, Dowbiss Meta
AU - Godwe, Celestin
AU - Butel, Christelle
AU - Šimaitis, Aistis
AU - Gabrielaitė, Miglė
AU - Katėnaitė, Monika
AU - Norvilas, Rimvydas
AU - Raugaitė, Ligita
AU - Koyaweda, Giscard Wilfried
AU - Kandou, Jephté Kaleb
AU - Jonikas, Rimvydas
AU - Nasvytienė, Inga
AU - Žemeckienė, Živilė
AU - Gečys, Dovydas
AU - Tamušauskaitė, Kamilė
AU - Norkienė, Milda
AU - Vasiliūnaitė, Emilija
AU - Žiogienė, Danguolė
AU - Timinskas, Albertas
AU - Šukys, Marius
AU - Šarauskas, Mantas
AU - Alzbutas, Gediminas
AU - Aziza, Adrienne Amuri
AU - Lusamaki, Eddy Kinganda
AU - Cigolo, Jean-Claude Makangara
AU - Mawete, Francisca Muyembe
AU - Lofiko, Emmanuel Lokilo
AU - Kingebeni, Placide Mbala
AU - Tamfum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe
AU - Belizaire, Marie Roseline Darnycka
AU - Essomba, René Ghislain
AU - Assoumou, Marie Claire Okomo
AU - Mboringong, Akenji Blaise
AU - Dieng, Alle Baba
AU - Juozapaitė, Dovilė
AU - Hosch, Salome
AU - Obama, Justino
AU - Ayekaba, Mitoha Ondo'o
AU - Naumovas, Daniel
AU - Pautienius, Arnoldas
AU - Rafaï, Clotaire Donatien
AU - Vitkauskienė, Astra
AU - Ugenskienė, Rasa
AU - Gedvilaitė, Alma
AU - Čereškevičius, Darius
AU - Lesauskaitė, Vaiva
AU - Žemaitis, Lukas
AU - Griškevičius, Laimonas
AU - Baele, Guy
N1 - © 2021. The Author(s).
PY - 2021/10/1
Y1 - 2021/10/1
N2 - Distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages, discovered through various genomic surveillance initiatives, have emerged during the pandemic following unprecedented reductions in worldwide human mobility. We here describe a SARS-CoV-2 lineage - designated B.1.620 - discovered in Lithuania and carrying many mutations and deletions in the spike protein shared with widespread variants of concern (VOCs), including E484K, S477N and deletions HV69Δ, Y144Δ, and LLA241/243Δ. As well as documenting the suite of mutations this lineage carries, we also describe its potential to be resistant to neutralising antibodies, accompanying travel histories for a subset of European cases, evidence of local B.1.620 transmission in Europe with a focus on Lithuania, and significance of its prevalence in Central Africa owing to recent genome sequencing efforts there. We make a case for its likely Central African origin using advanced phylogeographic inference methodologies incorporating recorded travel histories of infected travellers.
AB - Distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineages, discovered through various genomic surveillance initiatives, have emerged during the pandemic following unprecedented reductions in worldwide human mobility. We here describe a SARS-CoV-2 lineage - designated B.1.620 - discovered in Lithuania and carrying many mutations and deletions in the spike protein shared with widespread variants of concern (VOCs), including E484K, S477N and deletions HV69Δ, Y144Δ, and LLA241/243Δ. As well as documenting the suite of mutations this lineage carries, we also describe its potential to be resistant to neutralising antibodies, accompanying travel histories for a subset of European cases, evidence of local B.1.620 transmission in Europe with a focus on Lithuania, and significance of its prevalence in Central Africa owing to recent genome sequencing efforts there. We make a case for its likely Central African origin using advanced phylogeographic inference methodologies incorporating recorded travel histories of infected travellers.
KW - Africa, Central/epidemiology
KW - Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
KW - COVID-19/epidemiology
KW - Europe/epidemiology
KW - Humans
KW - Immune Evasion/genetics
KW - Mutation
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Phylogeography
KW - SARS-CoV-2/classification
KW - Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus/genetics
KW - Travel/statistics & numerical data
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U2 - 10.1038/s41467-021-26055-8
DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-26055-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34599175
SN - 2041-1722
VL - 12
SP - 5769
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 5769
ER -