Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo ()

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

  • Jaqueline Goes de Jesus,
  • Claudio Sacchi,
  • Darlan da Silva Candido,
  • Ingra Morales Claro,
  • Flávia Cristina Silva Sales,
  • Erika Regina Manuli,
  • Daniela Bernardes Borges da Silva,
  • Terezinha Maria de Paiva,
  • Margarete Aparecida Benega Pinho,
  • Katia Correa de Oliveira Santos,
  • Sarah Catherine Hill,
  • Renato Santana Aguiar,
  • Filipe Romero,
  • Fabiana Cristina Pereira dos Santos,
  • Claudia Regina Gonçalves,
  • Maria do Carmo Timenetsky,
  • Joshua Quick,
  • Julio Henrique Rosa Croda,
  • Wanderson de Oliveira,
  • Andrew Rambaut,
  • Oliver G. Pybus,
  • Nicholas J. Loman,
  • Ester Cerdeira Sabino,
  • Nuno Rodrigues Faria

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062030
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 62

Abstract

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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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