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Dr Zulma M Cucunubá

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Honorary Lecturer
 
 
 
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G27Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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@article{Laiton-Donato:2020:10.3201/eid2612.202969,
author = {Laiton-Donato, K and Julian, Villabona-Arenas C and Usme-Ciro, JA and Franco-Munoz, C and Alvarez-Diaz, DA and Stephany, Villabona-Arenas L and Echeverria-Londono, S and Cucunuba, ZM and Franco-Sierra, ND and Florez, AC and Ferro, C and Ajami, NJ and Marcela, Walteros D and Prieto, F and Andres, Duran C and Lucia, Ospina-Martinez M and Mercado-Reyes, M},
doi = {10.3201/eid2612.202969},
journal = {Emerging Infectious Diseases},
pages = {2854--2862},
title = {Genomic epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2, Colombia},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202969},
volume = {26},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Colombia was first diagnosed in a traveler arriving from Italy on February 26, 2020. However, limited data are available on the origins and number of introductions of COVID-19 into the country. We sequenced the causative agent of COVID-19, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), from 43 clinical samples we collected, along with another 79 genome sequences available from Colombia. We investigated the emergence and importation routes for SARS-CoV-2 into Colombia by using epidemiologic, historical air travel, and phylogenetic observations. Our study provides evidence of multiple introductions, mostly from Europe, and documents >12 lineages. Phylogenetic findings validate the lineage diversity, support multiple importation events, and demonstrate 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 investigations.
AU  - Laiton-Donato,K
AU  - Julian,Villabona-Arenas C
AU  - Usme-Ciro,JA
AU  - Franco-Munoz,C
AU  - Alvarez-Diaz,DA
AU  - Stephany,Villabona-Arenas L
AU  - Echeverria-Londono,S
AU  - Cucunuba,ZM
AU  - Franco-Sierra,ND
AU  - Florez,AC
AU  - Ferro,C
AU  - Ajami,NJ
AU  - Marcela,Walteros D
AU  - Prieto,F
AU  - Andres,Duran C
AU  - Lucia,Ospina-Martinez M
AU  - Mercado-Reyes,M
DO  - 10.3201/eid2612.202969
EP  - 2862
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 1080-6040
SP  - 2854
TI  - Genomic epidemiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome Coronavirus 2, Colombia
T2  - Emerging Infectious Diseases
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2612.202969
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000609133900007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88929
VL  - 26
ER  -
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