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Table 1 Important variants of SARS-CoV-2 that emerged in late 2020

From: COVID-19 one year into the pandemic: from genetics and genomics to therapy, vaccination, and policy

Lineage

Other designations

Likely origin

Key genetic changes

B.1.1.7

20I/501Y.V1

UK

69-70del, 144del, S:N501Y

B.1.351

20H/501Y.V2

South Africa

S:E484K, S:N501Y

P.1

20J/501Y.V3

Brazil

S:E484K, S:N501Y

  1. Evidence from epidemiological and in vitro assays suggests that variants bearing the key genetic changes listed below are more transmissible
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Human Genomics

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