En ny variant av koronaviruset er oppdaget i Norge. Hva vet vi om den? Määritä julkaisu!18 February 2021. Aftenposten. Artikkelin verkkoversio. (norja)
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Cara Anna: Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria. Määritä julkaisu!24.12.2020. The Associated Press, apnews.com. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 26.2.2021. (englanniksi)
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Covid: Ireland, Italy, Belgium and Netherlands ban flights from UK. BBC News, 20.12.2020. Artikkelin verkkoversio. (englanniksi)
A coronavirus variant with a mutation that 'likely helps it escape' antibodies is already in at least 11 countries, including the US. Määritä julkaisu!16.2.2021. Business Insider. Artikkelin verkkoversio.
Kai Kupferschmidt: New coronavirus variants could cause more reinfections, require updated vaccines. Science, 15 January 2021. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science.abg6028Artikkelin verkkoversio.
William A. Haseltine: A New Covid-19 Variant From Nigeria Raises Increased Concerns For Containment And Vaccination. Määritä julkaisu!24.2.2021. forbes.com. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 26.2.2021. (englanniksi)
Gabija Gataveckaite: First Irish case of B1525 strain of Covid-19 confirmed as R number increases. Määritä julkaisu!25.2.2021. Irish Independent. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 26.2.2021. (englanniksi)
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Michelle McGlynn: Nphet confirm new variant B1525 detected in Ireland as 35 deaths and 613 cases confirmed. Määritä julkaisu!25.2.2021. Irish Examiner. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 25.2.2021.
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Cullen, Paul: Coronavirus: Variant discovered in UK and Nigeria found in State for first time. Määritä julkaisu!25.2.2021. The Irish Times. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 25.2.2021.
Ewen Callaway & Heidi Ledford: How to redesign COVID vaccines so they protect against variants. Määritä julkaisu!29.1.2021. nature.com. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 27.2.2021. (englanniksi)
Statement of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in Nigeria. Määritä julkaisu!19.2.2021. Nigeria CDC, ncdc.gov.ng. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 26.2.2021. (englanniksi)
Trevor Bedford, Emma B. Hodcroft, Richard A. Neher: Updated Nextstrain SARS-CoV-2 clade naming strategy (at least one of the following criteria must be met in order to count as a clade in the Nextstrain system (quote from source): "1. A clade reaches >20% global frequency for 2 or more months, 2. A clade reaches >30% regional frequency for 2 or more months, 3. A VOC (‘variant of concern’) is recognized (applies currently [6 January 2021] to 501Y.V1 and 501Y.V2)") 6.1.2021. nextstrain.org. Viitattu 25.2.2021. (englanniksi)
Phylogenetic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 diversity in Europe - Finland (nextstrain.org -verkkosivulla on ilmeinen virhe tekstissä maanimen kohdalla, kun haulla FIN kerättyä aineistoa nimitetään Sveitsiksi (Switzerland). Suomalaisen aineiston julkaisijana useimmiten Teemu Smura et al./ Huslab) nextstrain.org. Viitattu 25.2.2021. (englanniksi)
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Nextclade (What are the clades?) clades.nextstrain.org. Arkistoitu 19 January 2021. Viitattu 19 January 2021.
Dr. Zwelini Mkhize: Update on Covid-19 (18th December 2020)sacoronavirus.co.za. 18.12.2020. ”Our clinicians have also warned us that things have changed and that younger, previously healthy people are now becoming very sick.” Viitattu 1.3.2021. (englanniksi)
Kai Kupferschmidt: New coronavirus variants could cause more reinfections, require updated vaccines. Science, 15 January 2021. American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/science.abg6028Artikkelin verkkoversio.
Derek Lowe: The New Mutations 22 December 2020. American Association for the Advancement of Science. ”I should note here that there's another strain in South Africa that is bringing on similar concerns. This one has eight mutations in the Spike protein, with three of them (K417N, E484K and N501Y) that may have some functional role.” Viitattu 23 December 2020. (englanniksi)
De fleste restriktioner lempes i Nordjylland 19 November 2020. Sundheds- og Ældreministeriet. ”Sekventeringen af de positive prøver viser samtidig, at der ikke er påvist yderligere tilfælde af minkvariant med cluster 5 siden den 15. september, hvorfor Statens Serums Institut vurderer, at denne variant med stor sandsynlighed er døet ud. ("With high probability [...] died out")” Viitattu 16 January 2021.
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 P681H Spike Protein Variant in Nigeria. Määritä julkaisu!2020-12. virological.org. Artikkelin verkkoversio. Viitattu 26.2.2021. (englanniksi)
WHO Headquarters: ”3.6 Considerations for virus naming and nomenclature”, SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequencing for public health goals: Interim guidance, 8 January 2021, s. 6. World Health Organization, 8 January 2021. Teoksen verkkoversio. (englanniksi)