1. Genomic epidemiology of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil
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Marta Giovanetti, Svetoslav Nanev Slavov, Vagner Fonseca, Eduan Wilkinson, Houriiyah Tegally, José Salvatore Leister Patané, Vincent Louis Viala, Emmanuel James San, Evandra Strazza Rodrigues, Elaine Vieira Santos, Flavia Aburjaile, Joilson Xavier, Hegger Fritsch, Talita Emile Ribeiro Adelino, Felicidade Pereira, Arabela Leal, Felipe Campos de Melo Iani, Glauco de Carvalho Pereira, Cynthia Vazquez, Gladys Mercedes Estigarribia Sanabria, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Luiz Demarchi, Julio Croda, Rafael dos Santos Bezerra, Loyze Paola Oliveira de Lima, Antonio Jorge Martins, Claudia Renata dos Santos Barros, Elaine Cristina Marqueze, Jardelina de Souza Todao Bernardino, Debora Botequio Moretti, Ricardo Augusto Brassaloti, Raquel de Lello Rocha Campos Cassano, Pilar Drummond Sampaio Corrêa Mariani, João Paulo Kitajima, Bibiana Santos, Rodrigo Proto-Siqueira, Vlademir Vicente Cantarelli, Stephane Tosta, Vanessa Brandão Nardy, Luciana Reboredo de Oliveira da Silva, Marcela Kelly Astete Gómez, Jaqueline Gomes Lima, Adriana Aparecida Ribeiro, Natália Rocha Guimarães, Luiz Takao Watanabe, Luana Barbosa Da Silva, Raquel da Silva Ferreira, Mara Patricia F. da Penha, María José Ortega, Andrea Gómez de la Fuente, Shirley Villalba, Juan Torales, María Liz Gamarra, Carolina Aquino, Gloria Patricia Martínez Figueredo, Wellington Santos Fava, Ana Rita C. Motta-Castro, James Venturini, Sandra Maria do Vale Leone de Oliveira, Crhistinne Cavalheiro Maymone Gonçalves, Maria do Carmo Debur Rossa, Guilherme Nardi Becker, Mayra Presibella Giacomini, Nelson Quallio Marques, Irina Nastassja Riediger, Sonia Raboni, Gabriela Mattoso, Allan D. Cataneo, Camila Zanluca, Claudia N. Duarte dos Santos, Patricia Akemi Assato, Felipe Allan da Silva da Costa, Mirele Daiana Poleti, Jessika Cristina Chagas Lesbon, Elisangela Chicaroni Mattos, Cecilia Artico Banho, Lívia Sacchetto, Marília Mazzi Moraes, Rejane Maria Tommasini Grotto, Jayme A. Souza-Neto, Maurício Lacerda Nogueira, Heidge Fukumasu, Luiz Lehmann Coutinho, Rodrigo Tocantins Calado, Raul Machado Neto, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Rivaldo Venancio da Cunha, Carla Freitas, Cassio Roberto Leonel Peterka, Cássia de Fátima Rangel Fernandes, Wildo Navegantes, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos F. Campelo de A e Melo, Maria Almiron, José Lourenço, Tulio de Oliveira, Edward C. Holmes, Ricardo Haddad, Sandra Coccuzzo Sampaio, Maria Carolina Elias, Simone Kashima, Luiz Carlos Junior de Alcantara, and Dimas Tadeu Covas
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Microbiology (medical) ,SARS-CoV-2 ,Immunology ,Genetics ,COVID-19 ,Humans ,Genomics ,Cell Biology ,GENÔMICA ,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ,Microbiology ,Brazil - Abstract
The high numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil have made Latin America an epicentre of the pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 established sustained transmission in Brazil early in the pandemic, but important gaps remain in our understanding of virus transmission dynamics at a national scale. We use 17,135 near-complete genomes sampled from 27 Brazilian states and bordering country Paraguay. From March to November 2020, we detected co-circulation of multiple viral lineages that were linked to multiple importations (predominantly from Europe). After November 2020, we detected large, local transmission clusters within the country. In the absence of effective restriction measures, the epidemic progressed, and in January 2021 there was emergence and onward spread, both within and abroad, of variants of concern and variants under monitoring, including Gamma (P.1) and Zeta (P.2). We also characterized a genomic overview of the epidemic in Paraguay and detected evidence of importation of SARS-CoV-2 ancestor lineages and variants of concern from Brazil. Our findings show that genomic surveillance in Brazil enabled assessment of the real-time spread of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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- 2022