Introduction of ORF3a-Q57H SARS-CoV-2 Variant Causing Fourth Epidemic Wave of COVID-19, Hong Kong, China

We describe an introduction of clade GH severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causing a fourth wave of coronavirus disease in Hong Kong. The virus has an ORF3a-Q57H mutation, causing truncation of ORF3b. This virus evades induction of cytokine, chemokine, and interferon-stimulated gene exp...

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Published in:Emerg Infect Dis
Main Authors: Chu, Daniel K.W., Hui, Kenrie P.Y., Gu, Haogao, Ko, Ronald L.W., Krishnan, Pavithra, Ng, Daisy Y.M., Liu, Gigi Y.Z., Wan, Carrie K.C., Cheung, Man-Chun, Ng, Ka-Chun, Nicholls, John M., Tsang, Dominic N.C., Peiris, Malik, Chan, Michael C.W., Poon, Leo L.M.
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Language:Inglês
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084491/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33900193
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.210015
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