Large-Scale Screening of Asymptomatic Persons for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern and Gamma Takeover, Brazil

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Adamoski, Douglas ; de Oliveira, Jaqueline Carvalho ; Bonatto, Ana Claudia ; Wassem, Roseli ; Nogueira, Meri Bordignon ; Raboni, Sonia Mara ; da Silva Trindade, Edvaldo ; de Souza, Emanuel Maltempi ; Gradia, Daniela Fiori
• Corporate Authors:
  SCB-UFPR COVID-19 team
• Description:
  We performed a large-scale severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 screening campaign using 2 PCR-based approaches, coupled with variant genotyping, aiming to provide a safer environment for employees of Federal University in Curitiba, Brazil. We observed the rapid spread of the Gamma variant of concern, which replaced other variants in <3 months.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Covid-19 Humans Research Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2021; 27(12):3124-3127
• Pubmed ID:
  34533453
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8632178
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Brazil
• Location:
  South America
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cfa84acb56104f255881b9e6543e3093e34e9f82673b5293b6abb2776d599337
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/112623/cdc_112623_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.60 MB ]