Title
First report of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.7 (alpha variant) in Ecuador, January 2021
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Carrazco-Montalvo A.
Bruno A.
de Mora D.
Olmedo M.
Garces J.
Paez M.
Regato-Arrata M.
Gonzalez M.
Romero J.
Freirepaspuel B.
Gaviria A.
Orlando S.
Garcia-Bereguiain M.A.
Patino L.
Publisher(s)
Dove Medical Press Ltd
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.
Start page
5183
End page
5188
Volume
14
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85120804332
Source
Infection and Drug Resistance
ISSN of the container
11786973
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública and Universidad de Las Américas.
We thank to our colleagues from The USFQ SARS-CoV-2 Consortium: Paul Cardenas, Sully Marquez, Belen PradoVivar, Juan Jos? Guadalupe, Bernardo Gutierrez, M?nica Becerra-Wong, Michelle Grunauer, Gabriel Trueba, Patricio Rojas-Silva, Veronica Barrag?n. They were responsible for the sequencing of several of the alpha variant genomes included in this study. This institution is making a crucial contribution to SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in Ecuador.This study was supported by Instituto Nacional de Investigaci?n en Salud P?blica and Universidad de Las Am?ricas.
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