Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2021)

Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant Derived from Clade 19B, France

  • Slim Fourati,
  • Jean-Winoc Decousser,
  • Souraya Khouider,
  • Melissa N’Debi,
  • Vanessa Demontant,
  • Elisabeth Trawinski,
  • Aurélie Gourgeon,
  • Christine Gangloff,
  • Grégory Destras,
  • Antonin Bal,
  • Laurence Josset,
  • Alexandre Soulier,
  • Yannick Costa,
  • Guillaume Gricourt,
  • Bruno Lina,
  • Raphaël Lepeule,
  • Jean-Michel Pawlotsky,
  • Christophe Rodriguez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210324
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 5
pp. 1540 – 1543

Abstract

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We report a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant derived from clade 19B (HMN.19B variant or Henri Mondor variant). This variant is characterized by the presence of 18 amino acid substitutions, including 7–8 substitutions in the spike protein and 2 deletions. These variants actively circulate in different regions of France.

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