Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India
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Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India. / Dhar, Mahesh S.; Marwal, Robin; Radhakrishnan, V. S.; Ponnusamy, Kalaiarasan; Jolly, Bani; Bhoyar, Rahul C.; Sardana, Viren; Naushin, Salwa; Rophina, Mercy; Mellan, Thomas A.; Mishra, Swapnil; Whittaker, Charles; Fatihi, Saman; Datta, Meena; Singh, Priyanka; Sharma, Uma; Ujjainiya, Rajat; Bhatheja, Nitin; Divakar, Mohit Kumar; Singh, Manoj K.; Imran, Mohamed; Senthivel, Vigneshwar; Maurya, Ranjeet; Jha, Neha; Mehta, Priyanka; Vivekanand, A.; Sharma, Pooja; Arvinden, V. R.; Chaudhary, Urmila; Soni, Namita; Thukral, Lipi; Flaxman, Seth; Bhatt, Samir; Pandey, Rajesh; Dash, Debasis; Faruq, Mohammed; Lall, Hemlata; Gogia, Hema; Madan, Preeti; Kulkarni, Sanket; Chauhan, Himanshu; Sengupta, Shantanu; Kabra, Sandhya; Gupta, Ravindra K.; Singh, Sujeet K.; Agrawal, Anurag; Rakshit, Partha.
In: Science, Vol. 374, No. 6570, 2021, p. 995-999.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Genomic characterization and epidemiology of an emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant in Delhi, India
AU - Dhar, Mahesh S.
AU - Marwal, Robin
AU - Radhakrishnan, V. S.
AU - Ponnusamy, Kalaiarasan
AU - Jolly, Bani
AU - Bhoyar, Rahul C.
AU - Sardana, Viren
AU - Naushin, Salwa
AU - Rophina, Mercy
AU - Mellan, Thomas A.
AU - Mishra, Swapnil
AU - Whittaker, Charles
AU - Fatihi, Saman
AU - Datta, Meena
AU - Singh, Priyanka
AU - Sharma, Uma
AU - Ujjainiya, Rajat
AU - Bhatheja, Nitin
AU - Divakar, Mohit Kumar
AU - Singh, Manoj K.
AU - Imran, Mohamed
AU - Senthivel, Vigneshwar
AU - Maurya, Ranjeet
AU - Jha, Neha
AU - Mehta, Priyanka
AU - Vivekanand, A.
AU - Sharma, Pooja
AU - Arvinden, V. R.
AU - Chaudhary, Urmila
AU - Soni, Namita
AU - Thukral, Lipi
AU - Flaxman, Seth
AU - Bhatt, Samir
AU - Pandey, Rajesh
AU - Dash, Debasis
AU - Faruq, Mohammed
AU - Lall, Hemlata
AU - Gogia, Hema
AU - Madan, Preeti
AU - Kulkarni, Sanket
AU - Chauhan, Himanshu
AU - Sengupta, Shantanu
AU - Kabra, Sandhya
AU - Gupta, Ravindra K.
AU - Singh, Sujeet K.
AU - Agrawal, Anurag
AU - Rakshit, Partha
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Delhi, the national capital of India, experienced multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks in 2020 and reached population seropositivity of >50% by 2021. During April 2021, the city became overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases and fatalities, as a new variant, B.1.617.2 (Delta), replaced B.1.1.7 (Alpha). A Bayesian model explains the growth advantage of Delta through a combination of increased transmissibility and reduced sensitivity to immune responses generated against earlier variants (median estimates: 1.5-fold greater transmissibility and 20% reduction in sensitivity). Seropositivity of an employee and family cohort increased from 42% to 87.5% between March and July 2021, with 27% reinfections, as judged by increased antibody concentration after a previous decline. The likely high transmissibility and partial evasion of immunity by the Delta variant contributed to an overwhelming surge in Delhi.
AB - Delhi, the national capital of India, experienced multiple severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreaks in 2020 and reached population seropositivity of >50% by 2021. During April 2021, the city became overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases and fatalities, as a new variant, B.1.617.2 (Delta), replaced B.1.1.7 (Alpha). A Bayesian model explains the growth advantage of Delta through a combination of increased transmissibility and reduced sensitivity to immune responses generated against earlier variants (median estimates: 1.5-fold greater transmissibility and 20% reduction in sensitivity). Seropositivity of an employee and family cohort increased from 42% to 87.5% between March and July 2021, with 27% reinfections, as judged by increased antibody concentration after a previous decline. The likely high transmissibility and partial evasion of immunity by the Delta variant contributed to an overwhelming surge in Delhi.
U2 - 10.1126/science.abj9932
DO - 10.1126/science.abj9932
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34648303
AN - SCOPUS:85118619545
VL - 374
SP - 995
EP - 999
JO - Science
JF - Science
SN - 0036-8075
IS - 6570
ER -
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