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Early introductions and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 in the United States.

Tara Alpert | Anderson F Brito | Erica Lasek-Nesselquist | Jessica Rothman | Andrew L Valesano | Matthew J MacKay | Mary E Petrone | Mallery I Breban | Anne E Watkins | Chantal B F Vogels | Chaney C Kalinich | Simon Dellicour | Alexis Russell | John P Kelly | Matthew Shudt | Jonathan Plitnick | Erasmus Schneider | William J Fitzsimmons | Gaurav Khullar | Jessica Metti | Joel T Dudley | Megan Nash | Nike Beaubier | Jianhui Wang | Chen Liu | Pei Hui | Anthony Muyombwe | Randy Downing | Jafar Razeq | Stephen M Bart | Ardath Grills | Stephanie M Morrison | Steven Murphy | Caleb Neal | Eva Laszlo | Hanna Rennert | Melissa Cushing | Lars Westblade | Priya Velu | Arryn Craney | Lin Cong | David R Peaper | Marie L Landry | Peter W Cook | Joseph R Fauver | Christopher E Mason | Adam S Lauring | Kirsten St George | Duncan R MacCannell | Nathan D Grubaugh
Cell | 2021

The emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7, first detected in the United Kingdom, has become a global public health concern because of its increased transmissibility. Over 2,500 COVID-19 cases associated with this variant have been detected in the United States (US) since December 2020, but the extent of establishment is relatively unknown. Using travel, genomic, and diagnostic data, we highlight that the primary ports of entry for B.1.1.7 in the US were in New York, California, and Florida. Furthermore, we found evidence for many independent B.1.1.7 establishments starting in early December 2020, followed by interstate spread by the end of the month. Finally, we project that B.1.1.7 will be the dominant lineage in many states by mid- to late March. Thus, genomic surveillance for B.1.1.7 and other variants urgently needs to be enhanced to better inform the public health response.

Pubmed ID: 33891875 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007863
  • Agency: NHLBI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T35 HL007649
  • Agency: NCATS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: TL1 TR001864
  • Agency: NCATS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UL1 TR001863

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SAMTOOLS (tool)

RRID:SCR_002105

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GenBank (tool)

RRID:SCR_002760

NIH genetic sequence database that provides annotated collection of all publicly available DNA sequences for almost 280 000 formally described species (Jan 2014) .These sequences are obtained primarily through submissions from individual laboratories and batch submissions from large-scale sequencing projects, including whole-genome shotgun (WGS) and environmental sampling projects. Most submissions are made using web-based BankIt or standalone Sequin programs, and GenBank staff assigns accession numbers upon data receipt. It is part of International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration and daily data exchange with European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) and DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) ensures worldwide coverage. GenBank is accessible through NCBI Entrez retrieval system, which integrates data from major DNA and protein sequence databases along with taxonomy, genome, mapping, protein structure and domain information, and biomedical journal literature via PubMed. BLAST provides sequence similarity searches of GenBank and other sequence databases. Complete bimonthly releases and daily updates of GenBank database are available by FTP.

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RRID:SCR_003005

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RRID:SCR_003756

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RRID:SCR_008452

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RRID:SCR_010228

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MAFFT (tool)

RRID:SCR_011811

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SAM format (tool)

RRID:SCR_012093

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RRID:SCR_013517

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RRID:SCR_014601

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RRID:SCR_016157

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RRID:SCR_017254

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Nextstrain (tool)

RRID:SCR_018223

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Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (tool)

RRID:SCR_018251

Portal to share hCoV-19 genome sequences. Collection of genome sequences and related clinical and epidemiological data associated with coronavirus hCoV-19. Global repository of SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Initiative involves public-private-partnerships between Freunde of GISAID and governments of Federal Republic of Germany, Singapore and United States of America, with support from private and corporate philanthropy.International database of hCoV-19 genome sequences and related clinical and epidemiological data. Resource for influenza and hCoV-19 data.

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Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (tool)

RRID:SCR_018279

Portal to share hCoV-19 genome sequences. Collection of genome sequences and related clinical and epidemiological data associated with coronavirus hCoV-19. Global repository of SARS-CoV-2 genomes. Initiative involves public-private-partnerships between Freunde of GISAID and governments of Federal Republic of Germany, Singapore and United States of America, with support from private and corporate philanthropy.International database of hCoV-19 genome sequences and related clinical and epidemiological data. Resource for influenza and hCoV-19 data.

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BWA-MEM2 (tool)

RRID:SCR_022192

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