Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

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Authors

Renato Mendes Coutinho · Universidade Federal do ABC

Flávia Maria Darcie Marquitti · Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Leonardo Souto Ferreira · Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Marcelo Eduardo Borges

Rafael Lopes · Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Otavio Canton · Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Tatiana Pineda Portella · Universidade de São Paulo

Abstract

Our estimates rank P.1 as one of the most transmissible among the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs currently identified, and potentially as transmissible as the posteriorly detected VOC B.1.617.2 (Delta variant), posing a serious threat and requiring measures to control its global spread.

Topics & Keywords

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Communications Medicine

Volume 1, Issue 1, pp. 48-48

DOI: 10.1038/s43856-021-00048-6

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