The arrival and spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Colombia

• Published in: Journal of medical virology Vol. 93; no. 2; pp. 1158 - 1163
• Main Authors: Ramírez, Juan David, Florez, Carolina, Muñoz, Marina, Hernández, Carolina, Castillo, Adriana, Gomez, Sergio, Rico, Angelica, Pardo, Lisseth, Barros, Esther C., Castañeda, Sergio, Ballesteros, Nathalia, Martínez, David, Vega, Laura, Jaimes, Jesús E., Cruz‐Saavedra, Lissa, Herrera, Giovanny, Patiño, Luz H., Teherán, Aníbal A., Gonzalez‐Reiche, Ana S., Hernandez, Matthew M., Sordillo, Emilia Mia, Simon, Viviana, Bakel, Harm, Paniz‐Mondolfi, Alberto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; B.1; Colombia; Colombia - epidemiology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - transmission; COVID-19 - virology; COVID‐19; Epidemiology; Female; Genetic Variation; Genome, Viral; Geography; Humans; lineage; Male; Middle Aged; Phylogeny; RNA, Viral - genetics; SARS-CoV-2 - genetics; SARS‐CoV‐2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Short Communication; Short Communications; Travel; Virology; Colombia; COVID-19; lineage; Colombia; SARS-CoV-2; B.1
• ISSN: 0146-6615; 1096-9071
• DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26393

We performed phylogenomic analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 from 88 infected individuals across different regions of Colombia. Eleven different lineages were detected, suggesting multiple introduction events. Pangolin lineages B.1 and B.1.5 were the most frequent, with B.1 being associated with prior travel to high‐risk areas. Highlights This is the first genomic epidemiology study of SARS‐CoV2 in Colombia.