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There's been a lot of news today about 'new variants in Brazil' & 'S:E484' and 'Ohio variants'. A short thread discussing what we know about each.

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#SARSCoV2 #Ohio #BrazilVariant #Brazil #COVID19
There are two variants circulating in Brazil: 20J/501Y.V3, recently detected in Japan & prevalent in Manaus. And temporarily-labelled '20B/S.484K', a larger clade circulating more widely in Brazil.

They both carry the spike mutation 484K, though this arise separately.

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S:E484K is also found in 501Y.V2 (primarily circulating in South Africa).

Why are we particularly concerned about S:E484K? You can read more at CoVariants.org, as discussed in a tweet from earlier this week:

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