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SUBMITTER: Mwanga MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10617346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Emerging infectious diseases 20230914 11
We report a newly emerged SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant FY.4 that has mutations Y451H in spike and P42L in open reading frame 3a proteins. FY.4 emergence coincided with increased SARS-CoV-2 cases in coastal Kenya during April-May 2023. Continued SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance is needed to identify new lineages to inform COVID-19 outbreak prevention. ...[more]