niman Posted February 17, 2021 Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has released (at GISAID) a B.1.351 (501.V2) SARS CoV sequence collected Jan 27 USA/MA-Broad_CRSP-00844/2021 1/27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 The person who tested positive for the South Africa variant is a Middlesex County woman in her 20s. She has had no reported travel, according to the DPH. State health officials say genetic sequencing completed at the Broad Institute on behalf of the DPH has confirmed the variant. https://www.wcvb.com/article/first-case-of-south-africa-covid-19-variant-confirmed-in-massachusetts-department-of-public-health-says/35526290# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2021 USA/MA-Broad_CRSP-00844/2021 1/27 matched 501.v2 with 3 AAs deleted in Spike protein, 3 AAs deleted in NSP6 map update https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/edit?mid=1aQDSL2LwQFbuoCAg_nIOPK8D-LIJ5MYd&ll=42.514700377716835%2C-71.3825011298513&z=10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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