Model-based estimation of transmissibility and reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant.
Renato Mendes CoutinhoFlavia Maria Darcie MarquittiLeonardo Souto FerreiraMarcelo Eduardo BorgesRafael Lopes Paixão da SilvaOtavio CantonTatiana P PortellaSilas PoloniCaroline FrancoMateusz M PlucinskiFernanda C LessaAntônio Augusto Moura da SilvaRoberto Andre KraenkelMaria Amélia de Sousa Mascena VerasPaulo Inácio PradoPublished in: Communications medicine (2021)
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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