Local Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7, Brazil, December 2020

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Claro, Ingra Morales ^{[1, 2]} ; da Silva Sales, Flavia Cristina ^[3] ; Ramundo, Mariana Severo ^[3] ; Candido, Darlan S. ^{[3, 4]} ; Silva, Camila A. M. ^[3] ; de Jesus, Jaqueline Goes ^[3] ; Manuli, Erika R. ^[3] ; de Oliveira, Cristina Mendes ^[5] ; Scarpelli, Luciano ^[5] ; Campana, Gustavo ^[5] ; Pybus, Oliver G. ^[4] ; Sabino, Ester Cerdeira ^[3] ; Faria, Nuno Rodrigues ^{[3, 6, 4]} ; Levi, Jose Eduardo ^{[3, 5]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Trop Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Infect Dis, Sch Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[4] Univ Oxford, Oxford - England

^[5] Diagnost Amer SA DASA, Baueri - Brazil

^[6] Imperial Coll London, London - England

• Document type: Letter
• Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; v. 27, n. 3, p. 970-972, MAR 2021.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

In December 2020, research surveillance detected the B.1.1.7 lineage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Sao 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. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/14389-0 - Brazil-UK Centre for Arbovirus Discovery, Diagnosis, Genomics and Epidemiology (CADDE)
• Grantee: Ester Cerdeira Sabino
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants