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Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023

Research Letter

New SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant with Spike Protein Mutation Y451H, Kilifi, Kenya, March–May 2023

Mike J. Mwanga1, Arnold W. Lambisia1, John Mwita Morobe1, Nickson Murunga1, Edidah Moraa, Leonard Ndwiga, Robinson Cheruiyot, Jennifer Musyoki, Martin Mutunga, Laura M. Guzman-Rincon, Charles Sande, Joseph Mwangangi, Philip Bejon, Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier, D. James Nokes, Charles N. Agoti, Joyce Nyiro, and George GithinjiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya (M.J. Mwanga, A.W. Lambisia, J.M. Morobe, N. Murunga, E. Moraa, L. Ndwiga, R. Cheruiyot, J. Musyoki, M. Mutanga, C. Sande, J. Mwangangi, P. Bejon, L.I. Ochola-Oyier, D.J. Nokes, C.N. Agoti, J. Nyiro, G. Githinji); University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (L.M. Guzman-Rincon, D.J. Nokes); Pwani University, Kilifi (C.N. Agoti, G. Githinji)

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Number of positive samples, distribution, and growth rate for new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with spike protein mutation Y451H, Kilifi, Kenya, March–May 2023. The x axes indicate calendar weeks beginning on January 1, 2023. A) Weekly number of collected samples (black data line) and positive SARS-CoV-2 cases (data bars) in health facilities within the KHDSS during January–May 2023. Vertical dotted lines indicate the weeks when the FY.4 lineage was first detected in Kenya (red) and Kilifi (black). B) Weekly distribution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages observed in samples processed at the Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme from KHDSS (red dots) and non-KHDSS (blue dots) health facilities during January–May 2023. C) Growth rate estimates for the Omicron FY.4 variant in Kenya relative to those in the United States and Germany. KHDSS, Kilifi Health Demographic Surveillance System.

Figure. Number of positive samples, distribution, and growth rate for new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant with spike protein mutation Y451H, Kilifi, Kenya, March–May 2023. The x axes indicate calendar weeks beginning on January 1, 2023. A) Weekly number of collected samples (black data line) and positive SARS-CoV-2 cases (data bars) in health facilities within the KHDSS during January–May 2023. Vertical dotted lines indicate the weeks when the FY.4 lineage was first detected in Kenya (red) and Kilifi (black). B) Weekly distribution of SARS-CoV-2 lineages observed in samples processed at the Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme from KHDSS (red dots) and non-KHDSS (blue dots) health facilities during January–May 2023. C) Growth rate estimates for the Omicron FY.4 variant in Kenya relative to those in the United States and Germany. KHDSS, Kilifi Health Demographic Surveillance System.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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