Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020
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Public health surveillance, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2Abstract
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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2020-05-09
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Jesus, J. G. de, Sacchi, C., Candido, D. da S., Claro, I. M., Sales, F. C. S., Manuli, E. R., Silva, D. B. B. da, Paiva, T. M. de, Pinho, M. A. B., Santos, K. C. de O., Hill, S. C., Aguiar, R. S., Romero, F., Santos, F. C. P. dos, Gonçalves, C. R., Timenetsky, M. do C., Quick, J., Croda, J. H. R., Oliveira, W. de, … Faria, N. R. (2020). Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020. Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 62, e30. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/169574