@article{OToole_-2021_45457,
title = {Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2},
author = {O'Toole, Á. and Hill, V. and Pybus, O. and Watts, A. and Bogoch, I. and Khan, K. and Messina, J. and Tegally, H. and Lessells, R. and Giandhari, J. and Pillay, S. and Tumedi, K. and Nyepetsi, G. and Kebabonye, M. and Matsheka, M. and Mine, M. and Tokajian, S. and Hassan, H. and Salloum, T. and Merhi, G. and Koweyes, J. and Geoghegan, J. and de Ligt, J. and Ren, X. and Storey, M. and Freed, N. and Pattabiraman, C. and Prasad, P. and Desai, A. and Vasanthapuram, R. and Schulz, T. and Steinbrück, L. and Stadler, T. and Parisi, A. and Bianco, A. and García De Viedma, D. and Buenestado-Serrano, S. and Borges, V. and Isidro, J. and Duarte, S. and Gomes, J. and Zuckerman, N. and Mandelboim, M. and Mor, O. and Seemann, T. and Arnott, A. and Draper, J. and Gall, M. and Rawlinson, W. and Deveson, I. and Schlebusch, S. and McMahon, J. and Leong, L. and Lim, C. and Chironna, M. and Loconsole, D. and Bal, A. and Josset, L. and Holmes, E. and St George, K. and Lasek-Nesselquist, E. and Sikkema, R. and Oude Munnink, B. and Koopmans, M. and Brytting, M. and Sudha Rani, V. and Pavani, S. and Smura, T. and Heim, A. and Kurkela, S. and Umair, M. and Salman, M. and Bartolini, B. and Rueca, M. and Drosten, C. and Wolff, T. and Silander, O. and Eggink, D. and Reusken, C. and Vennema, H. and Park, A. and Carrington, C. and Sahadeo, N. and Carr, M. and Gonzalez, G. and De Oliveira, T. and Faria, N. and Rambaut, A. and Kraemer, M.},
month = {sep},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Late in 2020, two genetically-distinct clusters of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with mutations of biological concern were reported, one in the United Kingdom and one in South Africa. Using a combination of data from routine surveillance, genomic sequencing and international travel we track the international dispersal of lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 (variant 501YV2). We account for potential biases in genomic surveillance efforts by including passenger volumes from location of where the lineage was first reported, London and South Africa respectively. Using the software tool grinch (global report investigating novel coronavirus haplotypes), we track the international spread of lineages of concern with automated daily reports, Further, we have built a custom tracking website (cov-lineages.org/global_report.html) which hosts this daily report and will continue to include novel SARS-CoV-2 lineages of concern as they are detected.},
volume = {6},
journal = {Wellcome Open Research},
publisher = {F1000 Research},
url = {https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16661.2},
}
