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First Identified Cases of SARS-CoV-2 Variant P.1 in the United States — Minnesota, January 2021
1,2*; Alexandra J. Lorentz, PhD1*; Stephanie Meyer, MPH1; Xiong Wang, PhD, DVM1; Kathryn Como-Sabetti, MPH1; Sara Vetter, PhD1; Kirk Smith, PhD, DVM1; Stacy Holzbauer, DVM1,3; Amanda Beaudoin, DVM, PhD1; Jacob Garfin1; Kristin Ehresmann, MPH1; Richard Danila, PhD1; Ruth Lynfield, MD1 (View author affiliations)Views equals page views plus PDF downloadsSince December 2020, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Public Health Laboratory has been receiving 100 specimens per week (50 from each of two clinical partners) with low cycle threshold (Ct) values for routine surveillance for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.