TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic analysis reveals a rapid spread and predominance of lambda (C.37) SARS-COV-2 lineage in Peru despite circulation of variants of concern
AU - Padilla-Rojas, Carlos
AU - Jimenez-Vasquez, Victor
AU - Hurtado, Veronica
AU - Mestanza, Orson
AU - Molina, Iris S.
AU - Barcena, Luis
AU - Morales Ruiz, Sandra
AU - Acedo, Steve
AU - Lizarraga, Wendy
AU - Bailon, Henri
AU - Cáceres, Omar
AU - Galarza, Marco
AU - Rojas-Serrano, Nancy
AU - Vargas-Herrera, Natalia
AU - Lope-Pari, Priscila
AU - Huayra, Joseph
AU - Solari, Lely
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The pandemic generated by SARS-Cov-2 has caused a large number of cases and deaths in the world, but South America has been one of the continents that were most hard hit. The appearance of new variants causes concern because of the possibility that they may evade the protection generated by vaccination campaigns, their greater capacity to be transmitted, or their higher virulence. We analyzed the circulating variants in Peru after improving our Genomic Surveillance program. The results indicate a steep increase of the lambda lineage (C.37) until becoming predominant between January and April 2021, despite the cocirculation of other variants of concern or interest. Lambda lineage deserves close monitoring and could probably become a variant of concern in the near future.
AB - The pandemic generated by SARS-Cov-2 has caused a large number of cases and deaths in the world, but South America has been one of the continents that were most hard hit. The appearance of new variants causes concern because of the possibility that they may evade the protection generated by vaccination campaigns, their greater capacity to be transmitted, or their higher virulence. We analyzed the circulating variants in Peru after improving our Genomic Surveillance program. The results indicate a steep increase of the lambda lineage (C.37) until becoming predominant between January and April 2021, despite the cocirculation of other variants of concern or interest. Lambda lineage deserves close monitoring and could probably become a variant of concern in the near future.
KW - SARS-Cov-2
KW - genome sequencing
KW - molecular epidemiology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85113165216&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/jmv.27261
DO - 10.1002/jmv.27261
M3 - Article
C2 - 34370324
AN - SCOPUS:85113165216
SN - 0146-6615
VL - 93
SP - 6845
EP - 6849
JO - Journal of Medical Virology
JF - Journal of Medical Virology
IS - 12
ER -