Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of SARS-CoV-2 from mainland Europe into Scotland

A da Silva Filipe, JG Shepherd, T Williams… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first diagnosed in Scotland on 1 March
2020. During the first month of the outbreak, 2,641 cases of COVID-19 led to 1,832 hospital …

Large-scale sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from one region allows detailed epidemiology and enables local outbreak management

AJ Page, AE Mather, T Le-Viet… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread rapidly throughout the world. In the UK, the initial peak
was in April 2020; in the county of Norfolk (UK) and surrounding areas, which has a stable …

SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in a tri-national urban area is dominated by a B. 1 lineage variant linked to a mass gathering event

M Stange, A Mari, T Roloff, HMB Seth-Smith… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The first case of SARS-CoV-2 in Basel, Switzerland was detected on February 26th 2020.
We present a phylogenetic study to explore viral introduction and evolution during the …

Genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 reveals multiple lineages and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Lombardy, Italy

C Alteri, V Cento, A Piralla, V Costabile… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract From February to April 2020, Lombardy (Italy) reported the highest numbers of
SARS-CoV-2 cases worldwide. By analyzing 346 whole SARS-CoV-2 genomes, we …

Genomic epidemiology of the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy

F Di Giallonardo, S Duchene, I Puglia, V Curini… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Italy was one of the first countries to experience a major epidemic of severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), with> 1000 cases confirmed by 1 March 2020 …

Genomic epidemiology of the early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Russia

AB Komissarov, KR Safina, SK Garushyants… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The ongoing pandemic of SARS-CoV-2 presents novel challenges and opportunities for the
use of phylogenetics to understand and control its spread. Here, we analyze the emergence …

An emergent clade of SARS-CoV-2 linked to returned travellers from Iran

JS Eden, R Rockett, I Carter, H Rahman… - Virus …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has rapidly spread outside China with major outbreaks
occurring in Italy, South Korea, and Iran. Phylogenetic analyses of whole-genome …

Genomic epidemiology of the first two waves of SARS-CoV-2 in Canada

A McLaughlin, V Montoya, RL Miller, GJ Mordecai… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Tracking the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineages using phylogenetics has
proven critical to inform the timing and stringency of COVID-19 public health interventions …

SARS-CoV-2 genomic characterization and clinical manifestation of the COVID-19 outbreak in Uruguay

V Elizondo, GW Harkins, B Mabvakure… - Emerging microbes & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and declared by the World Health Organization a global public …

A founder effect led early SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Spain

F Díez-Fuertes, M Iglesias-Caballero… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) whole-genome analysis
has identified five large clades worldwide which emerged in 2019 (19A and 19B) and in …