Rapid epidemic expansion of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in southern Africa

Raquel Viana(Lancet Laboratories), Koleka Mlisana(Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa), Louis du Plessis(University of Oxford), Mogomotsi Matshaba(Baylor College of Medicine), Ugochukwu J. Anyaneji(University of Bern), Josie Everatt, Phillip Armand Bester(National Health Laboratory Service), Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond(Temple University), Cathrine Scheepers(National Health Laboratory Service), Dorcas Maruapula(Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership), Nokuzola Mbhele(University of Cape Town), Verity Hill(Rega Institute for Medical Research), Arash Iranzadeh(University of Cape Town), Kamela Mahlakwane(Stellenbosch University), Michaela Davids(University of Pretoria), Shahin Lockman(Brigham and Women's Hospital), Diana Hardie, Houriiyah Tegally(Stellenbosch University), Jennifer Giandhari(University of KwaZulu-Natal), Mpaphi B. Mbulawa(Ministry of Health), Alexander G. Lucaci(Cornell University), Christian L. Althaus(Bremer Umweltinstitut), Marvin Hsiao(University of Cape Town), Onalethatha Lesetedi-Mafoko(Ministry of Health), Susan Engelbrecht(Stellenbosch University), Arshad Ismail(National Health Laboratory Service), Kereng Masupu(Botswana Open University), Lesego Kuate-Lere(Ministry of Health), Moritz U. G. Kraemer(University of Oxford), Legodile Koopile(Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership), Deelan Doolabh(University of Cape Town), Maciej F. Boni(Pennsylvania State University), Richard Lessells(Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa), Daniel G. Amoako(University of Guelph), Boitshoko Mahlangu(National Health Laboratory Service), Arisha Maharaj(University of KwaZulu-Natal), Rachel Colquhoun(University of Edinburgh), Charity Joseph, Oluwakemi Laguda-Akingba(Walter Sisulu University), Marta Giovanetti(Università Campus Bio-Medico), Tongai Maponga(Stellenbosch University), Wonderful T. Choga(Harvard University), Zinhle Makatini(Johannesburg Hospital), Koen Deforche(Emweb (Belgium)), Adriano Mendes(University of Pretoria), Simnikiwe H. Mayaphi(University of Pretoria), Gert Marais(University of Cape Town), Sikhulile Moyo(Harvard University), R Joseph(University of Cape Town), Mohammed Chand
Nature
January 7, 2022
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