Tracking the international spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351/501Y-V2 with grinch (updated)
O'Toole, Áine
Hill, Verity
Pybus, Oliver G.
Watts, Alexander
Bogoch, Issac I.
Khan, Kamran
Messina, Jane P.
The COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium
Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA)
Brazil-UK CADDE Genomic Network
Tegally, Houriiyah
Lessells, Richard R.
Giandhari, Jennifer
Pillay, Surechnee
Tumedi, Kefentse Arnold
Nyepetsi, Gape
Kebabonye, Malebogo
Matsheka, Maitshwarelo
Mine, Madisa
Tokajian, Sima
Hassan, Hamad
Salloum, Tamara
Merhi, Georgi
Koweyes, Jad
Geoghegan, Jemma L.
de Ligt, Joep
Ren, Xiaoyun
Storey, Matthew
Freed, Nikki E.
Pattabiraman, Chitra
Prasad, Pramada
Desai, Anita S.
Vasanthapuram, Ravi
Schulz, Thomas F.
Steinbrück, Lars
Stadler, Tanja
Swiss Viollier Sequencing Consortium
Parisi, Antonio
Bianco, Angelica
de Viedma, Darío García
Buenestado-Serrano, Sergio
Borges, Vítor
Isidro, Joana
Duarte, Sílvia
Gomes, João Paulo
Zuckermann, Neta S.
Mandelboim, Michal
Mor, Orna
Seemann, Torsten
Arnott, Alicia
Draper, Jenny
Gall, Mailie
Rawlinson, William
Deveson, Ira
Schlebusch, Sanmarié
McMahon, Jamie
Leong, Lex
Lim, Chuan Kok
Chironna, Maria
Loconsole, Daniela
Bal, Antonin
Josset, Laurence
Holmes, Edward
St. George, Kirsten
Lasek-Nesselquist, Erica
Sikkema, Reina S.
Munnink, Bas Oude
Koopmans, Marion
Brytting, Mia
Rani, V. Sudha
Pavani, S.
Smura, Teemu
Heim, Albert
Kurkela, Satu
Umair, Massab
Salman, Muhammad
Bartolini, Barbara
Rueca, Martina
Drosten, Christian
Wolff, Thorsten
Silander, Olin
Eggink, Dirk
Reusken, Chantal
Vennema, Harry
Park, Aekyung
Carrington, Christine
Sahadeo, Nikita
Carr, Michael
Gonzalez, Gabo
SEARCH Alliance San Diego
National Virus Reference Laboratory
SeqCOVID-Spain
Danish Covid-19 Genome Consortium (DCGC)
Communicable Diseases Genomic Network (CDGN)
Dutch National SARS-CoV-2 surveillance program
Division of emerging infectious diseases (KDCA)
de Oliveira, Tulio
Faria, Nuno
Rambaut, Andrew
Kraemer, Moritz U. G.
Late in 2020, two genetically-distinct clusters of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with mutations of
biological concern were reported, one in the United Kingdom and one
in South Africa. Using a combination of data from routine surveillance,
genomic sequencing and international travel we track the
international dispersal of lineages B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 (variant 501Y-
V2). We account for potential biases in genomic surveillance efforts by
including passenger volumes from location of where the lineage was
first reported, London and South Africa respectively. Using the
software tool grinch (global report investigating novel coronavirus
haplotypes), we track the international spread of lineages of concern
with automated daily reports, Further, we have built a custom tracking
website (cov-lineages.org/global_report.html) which hosts this daily
report and will continue to include novel SARS-CoV-2 lineages of
concern as they are detected.
