The arrival and spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Colombia
Juan David Ramírez, Carolina Flórez, Marina Muñoz, Carolina Hernández, Adriana Díaz del Castillo, Sergio Gomez, Angélica Rico, Lisseth Pardo, Esther C. Barros, Sergio Castañeda, Nathalia Ballesteros, David R. Martinez, Laura Vega, Jesús Rojas‐Jaimes, Lissa Cruz‐Saavedra, Giovanny Herrera, Luz Helena Patiño, Aníbal A. Teherán, Ana S. Gonzalez‐Reiche, Matthew M. Hernandez, Emilia Mia Sordillo, Viviana Simon, Harm van Bakel, Alberto Paniz‐Mondolfi
Abstract
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.