First Report of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 (Alpha Variant) in Ecuador, January 2021.

Andres Carrazco-MontalvoAlfredo BrunoDomenica de MoraMaritza OlmedoJimmy GarcesMichelle PaezMary Regato-ArrataManuel GonzalezJorge RomeroOrson MestanzaByron Freire-PaspuelAnibal GaviriaSolon-Alberto OrlandoMiguel Angel Garcia-BereguiainLeandro Patino

Published in: Infection and drug resistance (2021)

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.

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