SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil: how the displacement of variants has driven distinct epidemic waves

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Autor(es): dc.contributorFundação Oswaldo Cruz-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorInstituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)-
Autor(es): dc.contributorButantan Institute-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Biomedical Campus-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Central Florida-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Oxford-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversidade de Lisboa-
Autor(es): dc.contributorOrganização Pan-Americana da Saúde/Organização Mundial da Saúde-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal-
Autor(es): dc.contributorUniversity of Campus Bio-Medico di Roma-
Autor(es): dc.creatorAlcantara, Luiz Carlos Junior-
Autor(es): dc.creatorNogueira, Elisson-
Autor(es): dc.creatorShuab, Gabriel-
Autor(es): dc.creatorTosta, Stephane-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFristch, Hegger-
Autor(es): dc.creatorPimentel, Victor-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSouza-Neto, Jayme A.-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCoutinho, Luiz Lehmann-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFukumasu, Heidge-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSampaio, Sandra Coccuzzo-
Autor(es): dc.creatorElias, Maria Carolina-
Autor(es): dc.creatorKashima, Simone-
Autor(es): dc.creatorSlavov, Svetoslav Nanev-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCiccozzi, Massimo-
Autor(es): dc.creatorCella, Eleonora-
Autor(es): dc.creatorLourenco, José-
Autor(es): dc.creatorFonseca, Vagner-
Autor(es): dc.creatorGiovanetti, Marta-
Data de aceite: dc.date.accessioned2025-08-21T18:12:38Z-
Data de disponibilização: dc.date.available2025-08-21T18:12:38Z-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-03-01-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2023-03-01-
Data de envio: dc.date.issued2022-07-02-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2022.198785-
Fonte completa do material: dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/240017-
Fonte: dc.identifier.urihttp://educapes.capes.gov.br/handle/11449/240017-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBrazil ranks as third in terms of total number of reported SARS-CoV-2 cases globally. The COVID-19 epidemic in Brazil was characterised by the co-circulation of multiple variants as a consequence of multiple independent introduction events occurring through time. Here, we describe the SARS-CoV-2 variants that are currently circulating and co-circulating in the country, with the aim to highlight which variants have driven the different epidemic waves. For this purpose, we retrieved metadata information of Coronavirus sequences collected in Brazil and available at the GISAID database. SARS-CoV-2 lineages have been identified along with eleven variants, labelled as VOCs (Alpha, Gamma, Beta, Delta and Omicron) VOIs (Lambda and Mu) VUMs (B.1.1.318) and FMVs (Zeta, Eta and B.1.1.519). Here we show that, in the Brazilian context, after 24 months of sustained transmission and evolution of SARS-CoV-2, local variants (among them the B.1.1.28 and B.1.1.33) were displaced by recently introduced VOCs firstly with the Gamma, followed by Delta and more recently Omicron. The rapid spread of some of those VOCs (such as Gamma and Omicron) was also mirror by a large increase in the number of cases and deaths in the country. This in turn reinforces that, due to the emergence of variants that appear to induce a substantial evasion against neutralizing antibody response, it is important to strengthen genomic effort within the country and how vaccination still remains a critical process to protect the vulnerable population, still at risk of infection and death.-
Descrição: dc.descriptionLaboratório de Flavivírus Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz-
Descrição: dc.descriptionLaboratório de Genética Celular e Molecular Instituto de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais-
Descrição: dc.descriptionGlobal Health and Tropical Medicine (GHTM) Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical/Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHMT/UNL)-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSão Paulo State University (UNESP) School of Agricultural Sciences-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversity of São Paulo Centro de Genômica Funcional da ESALQ, SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Veterinary Medicine School of Animal Science and Food Engineering University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionButantan Institute, São Paulo-
Descrição: dc.descriptionUniversity of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Medical School Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto, SP-
Descrição: dc.descriptionMedical Statistic and Molecular Epidemiology Unit University of Biomedical Campus-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBurnett School of Biomedical Sciences University of Central Florida-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Zoology University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, UK-
Descrição: dc.descriptionBiosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI) Universidade de Lisboa-
Descrição: dc.descriptionOrganização Pan-Americana da Saúde/Organização Mundial da Saúde, Distrito Federal-
Descrição: dc.descriptionKwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences College of Health Sciences University of KwaZulu-Natal-
Descrição: dc.descriptionDepartment of Science and Technology for Humans and the Environment University of Campus Bio-Medico di Roma-
Descrição: dc.descriptionSão Paulo State University (UNESP) School of Agricultural Sciences-
Idioma: dc.languageen-
Relação: dc.relationVirus Research-
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Palavras-chave: dc.subjectBrazil-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectSurveillance-
Palavras-chave: dc.subjectVariants-
Título: dc.titleSARS-CoV-2 epidemic in Brazil: how the displacement of variants has driven distinct epidemic waves-
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