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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jan 26;27(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2703.210038. Online ahead of print.
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, Jos? Eduardo Levi
Abstract
In December 2020, research surveillance detected the B.1.1.7 lineage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in S?o 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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Brazil; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; genomic; lineage B.1.1.7; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jan 26;27(3).
doi: 10.3201/eid2703.210038. Online ahead of print.
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, Jos? Eduardo Levi
- PMID: 33496249
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2703.210038
Abstract
In December 2020, research surveillance detected the B.1.1.7 lineage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in S?o 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.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; Brazil; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; genomic; lineage B.1.1.7; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; surveillance; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.