Case Report: Omicron BA.2 Subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 Outcompetes BA.1 in Two Co-infection Cases

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作者
Gjorgjievska, Marija [1 ]
Mehandziska, Sanja [1 ]
Stajkovska, Aleksandra [2 ]
Pecioska-Dokuzovska, Slavica [1 ]
Dimovska, Anica [1 ]
Durmish, Idriz [1 ]
Ismail, Sara [1 ]
Pavlovska, Teodora [1 ]
Stojchevska, Antonija [1 ]
Amedi, Haris [1 ]
Andonova, Jasna [1 ]
Nikolovska, Marija [1 ]
Velickovikj, Sara [1 ]
Mitrev, Zan [1 ]
Kungulovski, Ivan [2 ]
Kungulovski, Goran [2 ]
机构
[1] Zan Mitrev Clin, Skopje, North Macedonia
[2] Bio Engn LLC, Skopje, North Macedonia
关键词
COVID-19; co-infection; omicron; next-generation sequencing; SARS-CoV2;
D O I
10.3389/fgene.2022.892682
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Trends from around the world suggest that the omicron BA.2 subvariant is increasing in proportion to the original BA.1 subvariant. Here we report two cases of co-infection with omicron BA.1 and omicron BA.2 in co-exposed individuals. In both individuals, genome sequencing and/or S-gene specific PCR identified omicron BA.1 at early time-points, which was replaced by omicron BA.2 at later time-points of the infection. The timeline of our data supports the proposition that BA.2 outcompetes BA.1 in a real-life scenario, and in time becomes the dominant variant in the upper respiratory tract of the host.
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