Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with B.1.1.7 lineage in Mumbai, India

Jayanthi Shastri; Pragya D. Yadav; Sachee Agrawal; Anita M. Shete; Dimpal A. Nyayanit; Swapneil Parikh; Mangala Gomare; Rima R. Sahay; Deepak Y. Patil; Manisha Dudhmal; Neelam Kadam

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection (Dec 2022)

Community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 with B.1.1.7 lineage in Mumbai, India

Jayanthi Shastri,
Pragya D. Yadav,
Sachee Agrawal,
Anita M. Shete,
Dimpal A. Nyayanit,
Swapneil Parikh,
Mangala Gomare,
Rima R. Sahay,
Deepak Y. Patil,
Manisha Dudhmal,
Neelam Kadam

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Jayanthi Shastri: Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400034, India; Corresponding author. Department of Microbiology T.N. Medical College & B. y. L. Nair Hospital i/c Molecular Diagnostic reference Laboratory Kasturba hospital for infectious diseases Mumbai, 400011, India. Fax: +91 22 23072663.
Pragya D. Yadav: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Sachee Agrawal: Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400034, India
Anita M. Shete: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Dimpal A. Nyayanit: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Swapneil Parikh: Molecular Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400034, India
Mangala Gomare: Public Health Department, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 001, India
Rima R. Sahay: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Deepak Y. Patil: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Manisha Dudhmal: Indian Council of Medical Research-National Institute of Virology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411021, India
Neelam Kadam: Public Health Department, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 001, India

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 55, no. 6
pp. 1116 – 1121

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The B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant has been detected in Mumbai, India during February 2021. Subsequently, we retrieved 43 sequences from specimens of 51 COVID-19 cases from Mumbai. The sequence analysis revealed that the cases were mainly affected with Alpha variant which suggests its role in community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Mumbai, India.

Published in Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

ISSN: 1684-1182 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
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