Genome Recombination between Delta and Alpha Variants of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [article]

Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kentaro Itokawa, Masumichi Saito, Michitsugu Shimatani, Shutoku Matsuyama, Hideki Hasegawa, Tomoya Saito, Makoto Kuroda, COVID-19 Genomic Surveillance Network in Japan (COG-JP)
2021 medRxiv   pre-print
Prominent genomic recombination has been observed between the Delta and Alpha variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from clinical specimens in Japan. It is necessary to intensively study such marked genetic variations and characterize the emerging variants after careful verification of their lineage and clade assignment.
doi:10.1101/2021.10.11.21264606 fatcat:az2gneia7vgernalszrrhzejdm