Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2021)

Local Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7, Brazil, December 2020

  • Ingra Morales Claro,
  • Flavia Cristina da Silva Sales,
  • Mariana Severo Ramundo,
  • Darlan S. Candido,
  • Camila A.M. Silva,
  • Jaqueline Goes de Jesus,
  • Erika R. Manuli,
  • Cristina Mendes de Oliveira,
  • Luciano Scarpelli,
  • Gustavo Campana,
  • Oliver G. Pybus,
  • Ester Cerdeira Sabino,
  • Nuno Rodrigues Faria,
  • José Eduardo Levi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2703.210038
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 27, no. 3
pp. 970 – 972

Abstract

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In December 2020, research surveillance detected the B.1.1.7 lineage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in São Paulo, Brazil. Rapid genomic sequencing and phylogenetic analysis revealed 2 distinct introductions of the lineage. One patient reported no international travel. There may be more infections with this lineage in Brazil than reported.

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