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- Title
First Report of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 (Alpha Variant) in Ecuador, January 2021.
- Authors
Carrazco-Montalvo, Andres; Bruno, Alfredo; de Mora, Domenica; Olmedo, Maritza; Garces, Jimmy; Paez, Michelle; Regato-Arrata, Mary; Gonzalez, Manuel; Romero, Jorge; Mestanza, Orson; Freire-Paspuel, Byron; Gaviria, Anibal; Orlando, Solon-Alberto; Garcia-Bereguiain, Miguel Angel; Patino, Leandro
- Abstract
On January 5 2021, Ecuadorian COVID-19 genomic surveillance program detected a suspicious case of the B.1.1.7 lineage (alpha variant) of SARS-CoV-2 in Los Rios province, later confirmed by genome sequencing. The patient travelled from the UK by the end of December 2020. By contact tracing, several new cases were detected confirming B.1.1.7 transmission and spreading in Ecuador.
- Subjects
ECUADOR; SARS-CoV-2; CONTACT tracing; NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; COVID-19
- Publication
Infection & Drug Resistance, 2021, Vol 14, p5183
- ISSN
1178-6973
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/IDR.S319439