Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal.
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Euro Surveill. 2021 Mar;26(10). doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.10.2100130.
We show that the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 lineage is highly disseminated in Portugal, with the odds of B.1.1.7 proportion increasing at an estimated 89% (95% confidence interval: 83-95%) per week until week 3 2021. RT-PCR spike gene target late detection (SGTL) can constitute a useful surrogate to track B.1.1.7 spread, besides the spike gene target failure (SGTF) proxy. SGTL/SGTF samples were associated with statistically significant higher viral loads, but not with substantial shift in age distribution compared to non-SGTF/SGTL cases.
我们表明,SARS-CoV-2 的 B.1.1.7 谱系在葡萄牙高度传播,到 2021 年第 3 周为止,每周 B.1.1.7 比例增加的几率估计为 89%(95%置信区间:83-95%)。实时聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)棘突基因目标物晚期检测(SGTL)除了棘突基因目标物失败(SGTF)代理外,还可以构成追踪 B.1.1.7 传播的有用替代物。SGTL/SGTF 样本与统计学上显著更高的病毒载量相关,但与非 SGTF/SGTL 病例相比,年龄分布没有实质性变化。