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

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INST MEDICINA TROPICAL SAO PAULO
DOI: 10.1590/S1678-9946202062030

Keywords

Public health surveillance; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2

Funding

  1. Medical Research Council [MR/S0195/1]
  2. FAPESP CADDE partnership award [MR/S0195/1]
  3. FAPESP [2018/14389-0]
  4. John Fell Research Fund [005166]
  5. Wellcome Trust [204311/Z/16/Z]
  6. Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship [204311/Z/16/Z]
  7. Clarendon Fund
  8. Oxford University Zoology Department
  9. MRC [MR/S019510/1, MR/J014370/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  10. UKRI [MR/S035362/1] Funding Source: UKRI
  11. Wellcome Trust [204311/Z/16/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust

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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.

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