Geographical Distribution of Genetic Variants and Lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in Chile

Overview

Journal Front Public Health

Specialty Public Health

Date 2020 Oct 19

PMID 33072699

Citations 19

Authors

Andres E Castillo

Barbara Parra

Paz Tapia

Jaime Lagos

Loredana Arata

Alejandra Acevedo

Winston Andrade

Gabriel Leal

Carolina Tambley

Patricia Bustos

Rodrigo Fasce

Jorge Fernandez

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Abstract

The pandemic caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a worldwide public health concern. First confined in China and then disseminated widely across Europe and America, SARS-CoV-2 has impacted and moved the scientific community around the world to working in a fast and coordinated way to collect all possible information about this virus and generate new strategies and protocols to try to stop the infection. During March 2020, more than 16,000 full viral genomes have been shared in public databases that allow the construction of genetic landscapes for tracking and monitoring the viral advances over time and study the genomic variations present in geographic regions. In this work, we present the occurrence of genetic variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 in Chile during March to April 2020. Complete genome analysis of 141 viral samples from different regions of Chile revealed a predominance of variant D614G like in Europe and the USA and the major presence of lineage B.1. These findings could help take control measures due to the similarity of the viral variants present in Chile, compared with other countries, and monitor the dynamic change of virus variants in the country.

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