Emerging infectious diseases · 2021 · 35 citations · 15 references
Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesMolecular GeneticsGenomicsMolecular VirologyVirologyGenomic EpidemiologyRespiratory Infectious DiseasesViral EpidemiologyViral GeneticsViral GenomicsViral InfectionsContainmentEpidemiologic Data AnalysisEpidemiologic Pattern AnalysisEpidemiologic Trend AnalysisGenomic Characterization Of PathogensMolecular Epidemiology Of VirusesSars-cov-2 InfectionSevere Acute Respiratory Syndrome
C oronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by se- vere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China (1,2). Of 23 million confirmed cases worldwide, as of October 20, 2020, a total of 28% (>6 million) had been reported in Latin America. SARS-CoV-2 was first reported in this region in So Paulo, Brazil, on February 25, 2020 (3).
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A Novel Coronavirus from Patients with Pneumonia in China, 2019
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