The arrival and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia Academic Article

journal

  • Journal of Medical Virology

abstract

  • Realizamos un análisis filogenómico del coronavirus del síndrome respiratorio agudo severo-2 a partir de 88 individuos infectados en diferentes regiones de Colombia. Se detectaron once linajes diferentes, lo que sugiere la existencia de múltiples eventos de introducción. Los linajes B.1 y B.1.5 fueron los más frecuentes, estando el B.1 asociado a viajes previos a zonas de alto riesgo.
  • We performed phylogenomic analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 from 88 infected individuals across different regions of Colombia. Eleven different lineages were detected, suggesting multiple introduction events. Pangolin lineages B.1 and B.1.5 were the most frequent, with B.1 being associated with prior travel to high-risk areas.

publication date

  • 2020-8-6

edition

  • 93

keywords

  • Colombia
  • Coronavirus
  • Phylogeny
  • SARS Virus
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0146-6615

number of pages

  • 5

start page

  • 1158

end page

  • 1163