2023
Unveiling the Impact of the Omicron Variant: Insights from Genomic Surveillance in Mato Grosso do Sul, Midwest Brazil
de Mello Almeida Maziero L, Giovanetti M, Fonseca V, Zardin M, de Castro Lichs G, de Rezende Romera G, Tsuha D, Frias D, Escandolhero V, Demarchi L, Castilho L, Barbosa K, Tebet D, Xavier J, Fritsch H, Lima M, de Oliveira C, Santos E, Kashima S, do Carmo Said R, Rosewell A, Croda J, Alcantara L, Gonçalves C. Unveiling the Impact of the Omicron Variant: Insights from Genomic Surveillance in Mato Grosso do Sul, Midwest Brazil. Viruses 2023, 15: 1604. PMID: 37515290, PMCID: PMC10386548, DOI: 10.3390/v15071604.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic surveillanceWhole-genome sequencingMultiple introduction eventsGenome sequencePublic health interventionsGenomic dataGenomic monitoringIntroduction eventsPublic health responseGenomic landscapeDispersal dynamicsPhylodynamic analysesPublic health laboratoriesHealth interventionsMato GrossoHealth responseTransmissible variantsSignificant burdenCentral Public Health LaboratoryOmicron variantVariantsHealth laboratoriesSequenceMidwest region of BrazilViral strains
2019
Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases
Maia Z, Pereira F, do Carmo Said R, Fonseca V, Gräf T, de Bruycker Nogueira F, Nardy V, Xavier J, Maia M, Abreu A, de Albuquerque C, Oliveira W, Croda J, de Filippis A, Cunha R, Lourenço J, de Oliveira T, Faria N, Alcantara L, Giovanetti M. Return of the founder Chikungunya virus to its place of introduction into Brazil is revealed by genomic characterization of exanthematic disease cases. Emerging Microbes & Infections 2019, 9: 53-57. PMID: 31880218, PMCID: PMC6968431, DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1701954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNumber of patientsGenomic surveillance strategiesFebrile illnessArboviral infectionsEpidemic seasonChikungunya virusWhole-genome sequencingDisease casesSurveillance strategiesGenetic diversityEpidemiological analysisMolecular clockCHIKV ECSA genotypeTransmission potentialGenome sequencingArboviral transmissionGenomic characterizationCHIKVLocal persistence