Introduction into the Marseille geographical area of a mild SARS-CoV-2 variant originating from sub-Saharan Africa: An investigational study

Philippe Colson (1, 2) , Anthony Levasseur (1, 2) , Philippe Gautret (2, 3) , Florence Fenollar (2, 3) , Van Thuan Hoang (2, 3) , Jeremy Delerce (1, 2) , Idir Bitam (3, 4) , Rachid Saile (5) , Mossaab Maaloum (5) , Abdou Padane (6) , Marielle Bedotto (1) , Ludivine Brechard (2) , Vincent Bossi (2) , Mariem Ben Khedher (1) , Hervé Chaudet (3, 7) , Matthieu Million (1, 2) , Hervé Tissot-Dupont (1, 2) , Jean-Christophe Lagier (1, 2) , Souleymane Mboup (6) , Pierre-Edouard Fournier (2, 3) , Didier Raoult (1, 2)

1 MEPHI - Microbes évolution phylogénie et infections
2 IHU Marseille - Institut Hospitalier Universitaire Méditerranée Infection
3 VITROME - Vecteurs - Infections tropicales et méditerranéennes
4 ENSAIA - Ecole Nationale Supérieure en Sciences de L'Aliment et des Industries Agroalimentaire
5 Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik
6 IRESSEF - Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Épidémiologique et de Formation [Dakar, Sénégal]
7 CESPA - Centre d'épidémiologie et de santé publique des armées [Marseille]

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Parasitology; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Cardiology and cardiovascular system; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Emerging diseases; Life Sciences [q-bio]; Human health and pathology; Infectious diseases

Philippe Colson, Anthony Levasseur, Philippe Gautret, Florence Fenollar, Van Thuan Hoang, et al.. Introduction into the Marseille geographical area of a mild SARS-CoV-2 variant originating from sub-Saharan Africa: An investigational study. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2021, 40, pp.101980. ⟨10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.101980⟩. ⟨hal-03280451⟩