TY - JOUR AU - Park, Ae Kyung AU - Kim, Il-Hwan AU - Man Kim, Heui AU - Lee, Hyeokjin AU - Lee, Nam-Joo AU - Kim, Jeong-Ah AU - Woo, SangHee AU - Lee, Chae young AU - Lee, Jaehee AU - Oh, Sae Jin AU - Rhee, JeeEun AU - Yoo, Cheon-Kwon AU - Kim, Eun-Jin T1 - SARS-CoV-2 B.1.619 and B.1.620 Lineages, South Korea, 2021 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2022 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 415 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report the rapid emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 lineages B.1.619 and B.1.620 in South Korea. The surge in frequency in a relatively short time emphasizes the need for ongoing monitoring for new lineages to track potential increases in transmissibility and disease severity and reductions in vaccine efficacy. KW - COVID-19 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - B.1.619 KW - B.1.620 KW - South Korea KW - coronavirus disease KW - Suggested citation for this article: Park AK KW - Kim I-H KW - Kim HM KW - Lee H KW - Lee N-J KW - Kim J-A KW - et al. SARS-CoV-2 B.1.619 and B.1.620 lineages KW - 2021. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Feb [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2802.211653 DO - 10.3201/eid2802.211653 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/28/2/21-1653_article ER - End of Reference