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

2020; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 62; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1678-9946202062030

ISSN

1678-9946

Autores

Jaqueline Góes de Jesus, Cláudio Tavares Sacchi, Darlan da Silva Cândido, Ingra Morales Claro, Flavia Cristina da Silva Sales, Erika R. Manuli, Daniela Bernardes Borges da Silva, Terezinha Maria de Paiva, Margarete Aparecida Benega Pinho, Katia Corrêa de Oliveira Santos, Sarah C. Hill, Renato Santana Aguiar, Filipe Romero, Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Cláudia Regina Gonçalves, María do Carmo Sampaio Tavares Timenetsky, Joshua Quick, Júlio Croda, Wanderson de Oliveira, Andrew Rambaut, Oliver G. Pybus, Nicholas J. Loman, Éster Cerdeira Sabino, Nuno R. Faria,

Tópico(s)

Immune responses and vaccinations

Resumo

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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