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Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020.
- Source :
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo [Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo] 2020; Vol. 62, pp. e30. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 11. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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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.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Brazil epidemiology
COVID-19
Communicable Diseases, Imported epidemiology
Communicable Diseases, Imported virology
Coronavirus Infections epidemiology
Humans
Middle Aged
Phylogeny
Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
SARS-CoV-2
Betacoronavirus genetics
Communicable Diseases, Imported transmission
Coronavirus Infections transmission
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral transmission
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1678-9946
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32401959
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946202062030