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Volume 28, Number 1—January 2022
Research Letter

Cluster of SARS-CoV-2 Gamma Variant Infections, Parintins, Brazil, March 2021

Juliana F. da SilvaComments to Author , Roberto J. Esteves, Charlene Siza, Elaine P. Soares, Tatyana C. Ramos, Evelyn C. Campelo, Cristiano F. da Costa, Leila C. de Alencar, Rafaela P. Cavalcante, Clerton R. Florêncio, Tirza P. Mattos, Maria G. Bonecini-Almeida, Luciana Silva-Flannery, Barbara J. Marston, Juliette Morgan, Mateusz Plucinski, Felipe Naveca, and CDC Brazil Investigation Team1
Author affiliations: US Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (J.F. da Silva, C. Siza, L. Silva-Flannery, B.J. Marston, M. Plucinski); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Brasilia, Brazil (R.J. Esteves, J. Morgan); Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Parintins, Parintins, Brazil (E.P. Soares, R.P. Cavalcante, C.R. Florêncio); Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil (T.C. Ramos, E.C. Campelo, C.F. da Costa, L.C. de Alencar); Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública do Amazonas, Manaus (T.P. Mattos); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (M.G. Bonecini-Almeida); Instituto Leônidas and Maria Deane, Manaus (F. Naveca); Team members are listed at the end of the article.1

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Table

History of previous infection among 81 persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant, infected with SARS-CoV-2 non–Gamma variant, or not infected with SARS-CoV-2, Parintins, Brazil, March 2021*

Infection status No. (%)
 p value (Gamma . negative)‡
Gamma variant, n = 31 Non–Gamma variant, n = 14 Negative, n = 36†
Previous infection according to clinical history
Yes 4 (13) 4 (29) 18 (50) 0.0016
No
 27 (87)
 10 (71)
 18 (50)
IgG result at time of investigation
Positive 5 (16) 10 (71) 25 (69) <0.0001
Negative
 26 (84)
 4 (29)
 11 (31)
Previous infection according to clinical history and positive IgG at time of investigation
Yes 0 3 (21) 16 (44) <0.0001
No 31 (100) 11 (79) 20 (56)

*9/90 patients refused nasopharyngeal swab sampling and were not included in the analysis. SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. †By PCR. ‡By Fisher exact test.

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