Nature Communications (Aug 2021)
Detection and characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.526 in New York
- Anthony P. West,
- Joel O. Wertheim,
- Jade C. Wang,
- Tetyana I. Vasylyeva,
- Jennifer L. Havens,
- Moinuddin A. Chowdhury,
- Edimarlyn Gonzalez,
- Courtney E. Fang,
- Steve S. Di Lonardo,
- Scott Hughes,
- Jennifer L. Rakeman,
- Henry H. Lee,
- Christopher O. Barnes,
- Priyanthi N. P. Gnanapragasam,
- Zhi Yang,
- Christian Gaebler,
- Marina Caskey,
- Michel C. Nussenzweig,
- Jennifer R. Keeffe,
- Pamela J. Bjorkman
Affiliations
- Anthony P. West
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- Joel O. Wertheim
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego
- Jade C. Wang
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Tetyana I. Vasylyeva
- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego
- Jennifer L. Havens
- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Graduate Program, University of California San Diego
- Moinuddin A. Chowdhury
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Edimarlyn Gonzalez
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Courtney E. Fang
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Steve S. Di Lonardo
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Scott Hughes
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Jennifer L. Rakeman
- New York City Public Health Laboratory, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Henry H. Lee
- Pandemic Response Laboratory
- Christopher O. Barnes
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- Priyanthi N. P. Gnanapragasam
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- Zhi Yang
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- Christian Gaebler
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University
- Marina Caskey
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University
- Michel C. Nussenzweig
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, The Rockefeller University
- Jennifer R. Keeffe
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- Pamela J. Bjorkman
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25168-4
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
West and colleagues develop the Variant Database software tool for examination of changing Spike mutations in SARS-CoV-2 genomes. The authors use this to detect emerging lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in New York and report the rapid spread of the B.1.526 lineage in the city.
