TY - JOUR AU - Fourati, Slim AU - Decousser, Jean-Winoc AU - Khouider, Souraya AU - N’Debi, Melissa AU - Demontant, Vanessa AU - Trawinski, Elisabeth AU - Gourgeon, Aurélie AU - Gangloff, Christine AU - Destras, Grégory AU - Bal, Antonin AU - Josset, Laurence AU - Soulier, Alexandre AU - Costa, Yannick AU - Gricourt, Guillaume AU - Lina, Bruno AU - Lepeule, Raphaël AU - Pawlotsky, Jean-Michel AU - Rodriguez, Christophe T1 - Novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant Derived from Clade 19B, France T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 5 SP - 1540 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 variant derived from clade 19B (HMN.19B variant or Henri Mondor variant). This variant is characterized by the presence of 18 amino acid substitutions, including 7–8 substitutions in the spike protein and 2 deletions. These variants actively circulate in different regions of France. KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - HMN.19B variant KW - Henri Mondor variant KW - clade KW - France DO - 10.3201/eid2705.210324 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/5/21-0324_article ER - End of Reference