2022年北京的SARS-CoV-2变种的特征:流行病学和遗传学分析
Yang Pan1, Liang Wang2, Zhaomin Feng1
1Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China.
Lancet (London, England)
|February 11, 2023
概括
北京
科学领域:
- 病毒学
- 基因组学
- 流行病学
背景情况:
- 中国的动态零COVID战略在2022年12月之前限制了北京的SARS-CoV-2本地传播.
- 频繁的进口病例和近期的COVID-19暴增引发了人们对新型SARS-CoV-2变种的担忧.
- 在北京进行常规的病毒基因组监测对于全球的疫情应对至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析来自北京的SARS-CoV-2基因组序列.
- 在COVID-19病例增加的背景下,调查新型变种的出现.
- 了解循环菌株的时间空间动态.
主要方法:
- 在北京从进口和本地病例中收集的呼吸道样本 (2022年1月至12月).
- 利用下一代测序进行SARS-CoV-2基因组生成.
- 在高质量的完整序列上进行了家族遗传和种群动态分析.
主要成果:
- 产生了2994个完整的SARS-CoV-2基因组 (2881个高质量基因组).
- 测序了413个新样本 (2022年11月14日至12月20日),包括350个本地和63个进口病例.
- 自2022年11月14日以来,确定BA.5.2和BF.7为主导菌株 (占局部病例的90%),有效种群规模增加. 没有发现新的血统.
结论:
- 自2022年11月14日以来,BF.7和BA.5.2在北京的疫情中共同流传,没有证据表明存在新型变种.
- 北京的数据提供了中国人口交换情况的快照.
- 循环菌株的高传染性需要持续监测.
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