Importation and early local transmission of COVID-19 in Brazil, 2020.
Jesus JGD., Sacchi C., Candido DDS., Claro IM., Sales FCS., Manuli ER., Silva DBBD., Paiva TMD., Pinho MAB., Santos KCDO., Hill SC., Aguiar RS., Romero F., Santos FCPD., Gonçalves CR., Timenetsky MDC., Quick J., Croda JHR., Oliveira WD., Rambaut A., Pybus OG., Loman NJ., Sabino EC., Faria NR.
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.