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

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

Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 62: e30, 2020. graf, tab

Article in English | LILACS, CONASS, ColecionaSUS, SES-SP, SESSP-IALPROD, SES-SP, SESSP-IALACERVO | ID: biblio-1363953

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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. (AU)

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Brazil , Public Health Surveillance , SARS-CoV-2 , COVID-19 , COVID-19/transmission

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