Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant

Renato Mendes Coutinho, Flávia Maria Darcie Marquitti, Leonardo Souto Ferreira, Marcelo Eduardo Borges, Rafael Lopes, Otavio Canton, Tatiana Pineda Portella, Silas Poloni, Caroline Franco, Mateusz M. Pluciński,

Communications Medicine · 2021 · 118 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Our estimates rank P.1 as one of the most transmissible among the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs currently identified, and potentially as transmissible as the posteriorly detected VOC B.1.617.2 (Delta variant), posing a serious threat and requiring measures to control its global spread.

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