Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Travelers from Brazil to Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Apr;27(4):1243-1245. doi: 10.3201/eid2704.210138. Epub 2021 Feb 10.

Abstract

Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with higher transmission potential have been emerging globally, including SARS-CoV-2 variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa. We report 4 travelers from Brazil to Japan in January 2021 infected with a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant with an additional set of mutations.

Keywords: Brazil; COVID-19; Japan; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basic Reproduction Number
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology
  • COVID-19 / therapy
  • COVID-19 / transmission
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • COVID-19 Drug Treatment*
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported* / epidemiology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported* / physiopathology
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported* / therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Imported* / virology
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Quarantine / methods
  • SARS-CoV-2* / genetics
  • SARS-CoV-2* / isolation & purification
  • Symptom Assessment / methods
  • Travel-Related Illness
  • Treatment Outcome