Local Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7, Brazil, December 2020
| Title: | Local Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7, Brazil, December 2020 |
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| Authors: | 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, José Eduardo Levi |
| Source: | Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 3, Pp 970-972 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021. |
| Publication Year: | 2021 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | 2019 novel coronavirus disease, coronavirus disease, COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2, viruses, Medicine, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | In December 2020, research surveillance detected the B.1.1.7 lineage of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in São 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. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1080-6040 1080-6059 |
| Relation: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/3/21-0038_article; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6040; https://doaj.org/toc/1080-6059 |
| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2703.210038 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/cf0ba42a9c234af4a538c275e0313c3b |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f0ba42a9c234af4a538c275e0313c3b |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 10806040 10806059 |
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| DOI: | 10.3201/eid2703.210038 |
| Published in: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
| Language: | English |