This work was supported by Decit, SCTIE, Brazilian Ministry of Health, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico - CNPq (440685/ 2016-8, 440856/2016-7 and 421598/2018-2), Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior - CAPES - (88887.130716/2016-00), European Union?s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under ZIKAlliance Grant Agreement (734548), STARBIOS (709517), Funda??o de Ampa...
OxfordNanoporeTechnologiesfortechnicalsupportandQIAGENforsupport of the ZIBRA-2 (Zika in Brazil Real Time Analyses-Second Round)project with reagents and equipment. This work was supported by Decit/SCTIE/MoH and CNPq (440685/2016-8 and 440856/2016-7); by CAPES(88887.130716/2016-00, 88881.130825/2016-00, and 88887.130823/2016-00); by the European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 Programme through ZIKAlliance(PRES-005-FEX...
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.
Zika virus (ZIKV) clinical presentation and frequency/duration of shedding need further clarification. Symptomatic ZIKV-infected individuals identified in two hospitals in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were investigated regarding clinical characteristics, shedding in body fluids, and serodynamics. Ninety-four of 235 symptomatic patients (Site A: 58%; Site B: 16%) had Real-Time PCR-confirmed ZIKV infection; fever, he...