Early Introduction and Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant, New York, New York, USA
Dakai Liu
1, Yexiao Cheng
1, Hangyu Zhou, Lulan Wang, Roberto Hurtado Fiel, Yehudah Gruenstein, Jean Jingzi Luo, Vishnu Singh, Eric Konadu, Keither James, Calvin Lui, Pengcheng Gao, Carl Urban, Nishant Prasad, Sorana Segal-Maurer, Esther Wurzberger, Genhong Cheng
, Aiping Wu
, and William Harry Rodgers
Author affiliations: NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital, Flushing, New York, USA (D. Liu, J.J. Luo, V. Singh, E. Konadu, K. James, C. Lui, P. Gao, C. Urban, N. Prasad, S. Segal-Maurer, W.H. Rodgers);; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (Y. Cheng, H. Zhou, A. Wu); Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Suzhou, China (Y. Cheng, H. Zhou, A. Wu);; University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA (L. Wang, G. Cheng); Kaiser Permanente Health, North Valley, California, USA (R.H. Fiel);; LabQ Diagnostics, Brooklyn, New York, USA (Y. Gruenstein, E. Wurzberger); Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (J.J. Luo, C. Urban, N. Prasad, S. Segal-Maurer, W.H. Rodgers)
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Figure 8. Mutational profiles of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant viruses in 2 local districts, New York, New York, USA, November 25–December 11, 2021. A) District of postal (ZIP) code 11201. Viruses isolated from patients within the same living address or the same family are labeled on the right. B) District of ZIP code 11220. Viruses isolated from patients working at the same building are labeled on the right. Column labels at top indicate substitution locations; shading indicates substitution from any nucleotide to a nucleic acid: dark blue indicates substitution to adenine, red, substitution to cytosine; green, substitution to thymine; and light blue, substitution to guanine.
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