Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Travelers from Brazil to Japan

• DOI: 10.3201/eid2704.210138
• Publication Date: 2021-02-10T18:49:15Z
• Authors: Takahisa Fujino; Hidetoshi Nomoto; Satoshi Kutsuna; Mugen Ujiie; Tetsuya Suzuki; Rubuna Sato; Tsuguto Fujimoto; Makoto Kuroda; Takaji Wakita; Norio Ohmagari
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Basic Reproduction Number; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; respiratory infections; 03 medical and health sciences; Japan; Communicable Diseases, Imported; Research Letter; Humans; SARS; 0303 health sciences; SARS-CoV-2; R; COVID-19; COVID-19 Drug Treatment; 3. Good health; Hospitalization; Treatment Outcome; coronavirus disease; Mutation; Quarantine; Medicine; Symptom Assessment; Travel-Related Illness; Brazil; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants with higher transmission potential have been emerging globally, including SARS-CoV-2 variants from the United Kingdom and South Africa. We report 4 travelers from Brazil to Japan in January 2021 infected with a novel SARS-CoV-2 variant with an additional set of mutations.