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Rise of the BQ.1.1.37 SARS-CoV-2 Sublineage, Italy

Authors :
Daniele Focosi
Pietro Giorgio Spezia
Anna-Lisa Capria
Federico Gueli
Scott McConnell
Federica Novazzi
Mauro Pistello
Source :
Diagnostics, Vol 13, Iss 5, p 1000 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2023.

Abstract

BQ.1.1 has dominated the Europe and Americas COVID-19 wave across the 2022–2023 winter, and further viral evolution is expected to escape the consolidating immune responses. We report here the emergence of the BQ.1.1.37 variant in Italy, peaking in January 2022 before suffering competition by XBB.1.*. We attempted to correlate the potential fitness of BQ.1.1.37 with a unique two-amino acid insertion within the Spike protein.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20754418
Volume :
13
Issue :
5
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Diagnostics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.2f97298414374857841d84db637650ca
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13051000