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.
University of Birmingham. School of Biosciences. Institute of Microbiology and Infection. Birmingham, UK.; The Scripps Research Institute. La Jolla, CA, USA.; National Infection Service. Public Health England. Porton Down, Salisbury, UK; University of S?o Paulo. Institute of Tropical Medicine. Department of Infectious Disease. S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil.; University of Birmingham. School of Biosciences. Institute of...