Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020

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Jaqueline Góes de Jesus · Universidade de São Paulo

Cláudio Tavares Sacchi · Instituto Adolfo Lutz

Darlan da Silva Cândido · University of Oxford

Ingra Morales Claro · Universidade de São Paulo

Flavia Cristina da Silva Sales · Universidade de São Paulo

Erika R. Manuli · Universidade de São Paulo

Daniela Bernardes Borges da Silva

Abstract

We conducted the genome sequencing and analysis of the first confirmed COVID-19 infections in Brazil. Rapid sequencing coupled with phylogenetic analyses in the context of travel history corroborate multiple independent importations from Italy and local spread during the initial stage of COVID-19 transmission in Brazil.

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SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research COVID-19 epidemiological studies Immune responses and vaccinations

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Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Volume 62, pp. e30-e30

DOI: 10.1590/s1678-9946202062030

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Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020

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