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

• Author(s): 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
• Date: 2020
• Origin: Oasisbr
• Subject(s): Public health surveillance; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

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.