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Dr Zulma M Cucunubá

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Lecturer
 
 
 
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zulma.cucunuba

 
 
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G27Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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@article{Laiton-Donato:2020:10.1101/2020.06.26.20135715,
author = {Laiton-Donato, K and Villabona-Arenas, CJ and Usme-Ciro, J and Franco-Muñoz, C and Álvarez-Díaz, D and Villabona-Arenas, LS and Echeverría-Londoño, S and Cucunubá, Z and Franco-Sierra, N and Flórez, A and Ferro, C and Ajami, N and Walteros, DM and Prieto, F and Durán, CA and Ospina-Martínez, ML and Mercado-Reyes, M},
doi = {10.1101/2020.06.26.20135715},
journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
title = {Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.26.20135715},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first diagnosed in Colombia from a traveler arriving from Italy on February 26, 2020. To date, available data on the origins and number or introductions of SARS-CoV-2 into the country are limited. Here, we sequenced SARS-CoV-2 from 43 clinical samples and—together with other 73 genomes sequences available from the country—we investigated the emergence and the routes of importation of COVID-19 into Colombia using epidemiological, historical air travel and phylogenetic observations. Our study provided evidence of multiple introductions, mostly from Europe, with at least 12 lineages being documented. Phylogenetic findings validated the lineage diversity, supported multiple importation events and the evolutionary relationship of epidemiologically-linked transmission chains. Our results reconstruct the early evolutionary history of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia and highlight the advantages of genome sequencing to complement COVID-19 outbreak investigation.
AU  - Laiton-Donato,K
AU  - Villabona-Arenas,CJ
AU  - Usme-Ciro,J
AU  - Franco-Muñoz,C
AU  - Álvarez-Díaz,D
AU  - Villabona-Arenas,LS
AU  - Echeverría-Londoño,S
AU  - Cucunubá,Z
AU  - Franco-Sierra,N
AU  - Flórez,A
AU  - Ferro,C
AU  - Ajami,N
AU  - Walteros,DM
AU  - Prieto,F
AU  - Durán,CA
AU  - Ospina-Martínez,ML
AU  - Mercado-Reyes,M
DO  - 10.1101/2020.06.26.20135715
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1080-6040
TI  - Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia
T2  - Emerging Infectious Diseases
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.06.26.20135715
ER  -
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