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. 2021 Mar 12;70(10):348-349.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7010e2.

Travel from the United Kingdom to the United States by a Symptomatic Patient Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Variant - Texas, January 2021

Moriam Ojelade, Annette Rodriguez, Dante Gonzalez, Denzel Otokunrin, Srikanth Ramachandruni, Elizabeth Cuevas, Kelly Moon, Carla Gutiérrez Tyler, Melissa Freeland, Mark Anderson, Kambria Haire, Yuridia Orozco, Fija Scipio, Yuri Springer, Emilie Prot, Jennifer A Shuford

Travel from the United Kingdom to the United States by a Symptomatic Patient Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 Variant - Texas, January 2021

Moriam Ojelade et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .

Abstract

In December 2020, the B.1.1.7 genetic variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was first reported after emergence and rapid circulation in the United Kingdom (1). Evidence suggests that the B.1.1.7 variant is more efficiently transmitted than are other SARS-CoV-2 variants, and widespread circulation could thereby increase SARS-CoV-2 infection and hospitalization rates (1,2). The first reported SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant case in the United States was confirmed by sequencing in Colorado on December 29, 2020.* This report describes a person who traveled from the United Kingdom to the United States after experiencing COVID-19-compatible symptoms† and was eventually confirmed to be infected with the B.1.1.7 variant.

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