Emergence of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Southern California

Wenjuan Zhang; Brian D Davis; Stephanie S Chen; Jorge M Sincuir Martinez; Jasmine T Plummer; Eric Vail

doi:10.1001/jama.2021.1612

Emergence of a Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant in Southern California

JAMA. 2021 Apr 6;325(13):1324-1326. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.1612.

Authors

Wenjuan Zhang¹, Brian D Davis², Stephanie S Chen², Jorge M Sincuir Martinez¹, Jasmine T Plummer², Eric Vail¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Abstract

This research describes findings of sequencing and phylogenetic analyses of SARS-CoV-2 isolates from symptomatic patients cared for at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in November-December 2020 during a regional surge in cases and hospitalizations.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / virology*
California
Humans
Mutation
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics*
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus

Substances

Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus