SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse

Frank Konings, Mark D. Perkins, Jens H. Kuhn, Mark J. Pallen, Erik J. Alm, Brett N. Archer, Amal Barakat, Trevor Bedford, Jinal N. Bhiman, Leon Caly, Lisa L. Carter, Anne Cullinane, Tulio de Oliveira, Julian Druce, Ihab El Masry, Roger Evans, George F. Gao, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Esther Hamblion, Belinda L. Herring, Emma Hodcroft, Edward C. Holmes, Manish Kakkar, Shagun Khare, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Bette Korber, Juliana Leite, Duncan MacCannell, Marco Marklewitz, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Jairo Andres Mendez Rico, Vincent J. Munster, Richard Neher, Bas Oude Munnink, Boris I. Pavlin, Malik Peiris, Leo Poon, Oliver Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Paola Resende, Lorenzo Subissi, Volker Thiel, Suxiang Tong, Sylvie van der Werf, Anne von Gottberg, John Ziebuhr, Maria D. Van Kerkhove

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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w
Published: 2021-06-09
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w,
  title = {SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse},
  author = {Frank Konings and Mark D. Perkins and Jens H. Kuhn and Mark J. Pallen and Erik J. Alm and Brett N. Archer and Amal Barakat and Trevor Bedford and Jinal N. Bhiman and Leon Caly and Lisa L. Carter and Anne Cullinane and Tulio de Oliveira and Julian Druce and Ihab El Masry and Roger Evans and George F. Gao and Alexander E. Gorbalenya and Esther Hamblion and Belinda L. Herring and Emma Hodcroft and Edward C. Holmes and Manish Kakkar and Shagun Khare and Marion P. G. Koopmans and Bette Korber and Juliana Leite and Duncan MacCannell and Marco Marklewitz and Sebastian Maurer-Stroh and Jairo Andres Mendez Rico and Vincent J. Munster and Richard Neher and Bas Oude Munnink and Boris I. Pavlin and Malik Peiris and Leo Poon and Oliver Pybus and Andrew Rambaut and Paola Resende and Lorenzo Subissi and Volker Thiel and Suxiang Tong and Sylvie van der Werf and Anne von Gottberg and John Ziebuhr and Maria D. Van Kerkhove},
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Nature Microbiology},
  doi = {10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w}
}

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TI  - SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse
AU  - Frank Konings
AU  - Mark D. Perkins
AU  - Jens H. Kuhn
AU  - Mark J. Pallen
AU  - Erik J. Alm
AU  - Brett N. Archer
AU  - Amal Barakat
AU  - Trevor Bedford
AU  - Jinal N. Bhiman
AU  - Leon Caly
AU  - Lisa L. Carter
AU  - Anne Cullinane
AU  - Tulio de Oliveira
AU  - Julian Druce
AU  - Ihab El Masry
AU  - Roger Evans
AU  - George F. Gao
AU  - Alexander E. Gorbalenya
AU  - Esther Hamblion
AU  - Belinda L. Herring
AU  - Emma Hodcroft
AU  - Edward C. Holmes
AU  - Manish Kakkar
AU  - Shagun Khare
AU  - Marion P. G. Koopmans
AU  - Bette Korber
AU  - Juliana Leite
AU  - Duncan MacCannell
AU  - Marco Marklewitz
AU  - Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
AU  - Jairo Andres Mendez Rico
AU  - Vincent J. Munster
AU  - Richard Neher
AU  - Bas Oude Munnink
AU  - Boris I. Pavlin
AU  - Malik Peiris
AU  - Leo Poon
AU  - Oliver Pybus
AU  - Andrew Rambaut
AU  - Paola Resende
AU  - Lorenzo Subissi
AU  - Volker Thiel
AU  - Suxiang Tong
AU  - Sylvie van der Werf
AU  - Anne von Gottberg
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Konings, F., Perkins, M. D., Kuhn, J. H., Pallen, M. J., Alm, E. J., Archer, B. N., Barakat, A., Bedford, T., Bhiman, J. N., Caly, L., Carter, L. L., Cullinane, A., Oliveira, T. D., Druce, J., Masry, I. E., Evans, R., Gao, G. F., Gorbalenya, A. E., Hamblion, E., Herring, B. L., Hodcroft, E., Holmes, E. C., Kakkar, M., Khare, S., Koopmans, M. P. G., Korber, B., Leite, J., MacCannell, D., Marklewitz, M., Maurer-Stroh, S., Rico, J. A. M., Munster, V. J., Neher, R., Munnink, B. O., Pavlin, B. I., Peiris, M., Poon, L., Pybus, O., Rambaut, A., Resende, P., Subissi, L., Thiel, V., Tong, S., Werf, S. V. D., Gottberg, A. V., Ziebuhr, J., & Kerkhove, M. D. V. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Interest and Concern naming scheme conducive for global discourse. Nature Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00932-w

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