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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Claro, Ingra Morales ; da Silva Sales, Flavia Cristina ; Ramundo, Mariana Severo ; Candido, Darlan S. ; Silva, Camila A.M. ; de Jesus, Jaqueline Goes ; Manuli, Erika R. ; de Oliveira, Cristina Mendes ; Scarpelli, Luciano ; Campana, Gustavo ; Pybus, Oliver G. ; Sabino, Ester Cerdeira ; Faria, Nuno Rodrigues ; Levi, José Eduardo
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Adult Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Female Genome, Viral Humans Male Phylogenysars-Cov-1 Travel Young Adult
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(3):970-972
• Pubmed ID:
  33496249
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7920684
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom ; MR/S019510/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5e0e8b25bbfdd42bce04eafbc40193cdf7f9d0f9e8c82fd3a7632b4a1a37f0a0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/104057/cdc_104057_DS1.pdf
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