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    Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

    The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in southern Africa has been characterized by three distinct waves. The first was associated with a mix of SARS-CoV-2 lineages, while the second and third waves were driven by the Beta (...

    Raquel Viana, Sikhulile Moyo, Daniel G. Amoako, Houriiyah Tegally in Nature (2022)

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    Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa

    Continued uncontrolled transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in many parts of the world is creating conditions for substantial evolutionary changes to the virus1,2. Here we describe a newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (des...

    Houriiyah Tegally, Eduan Wilkinson, Marta Giovanetti, Arash Iranzadeh in Nature (2021)