Article ; Online: An Early Pandemic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Population Structure and Dynamics in Arizona.
2020 Volume 11, Issue 5
Abstract: In December of 2019, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, causing severe morbidity and mortality. Since then, the virus has swept across the globe, causing millions of confirmed infections and hundreds of thousands of ... ...
Abstract | In December of 2019, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, causing severe morbidity and mortality. Since then, the virus has swept across the globe, causing millions of confirmed infections and hundreds of thousands of deaths. To better understand the nature of the pandemic and the introduction and spread of the virus in Arizona, we sequenced viral genomes from clinical samples tested at the TGen North Clinical Laboratory, the Arizona Department of Health Services, and those collected as part of community surveillance projects at Arizona State University and the University of Arizona. Phylogenetic analysis of 84 genomes from across Arizona revealed a minimum of 11 distinct introductions inferred to have occurred during February and March. We show that >80% of our sequences descend from strains that were initially circulating widely in Europe but have since dominated the outbreak in the United States. In addition, we show that the first reported case of community transmission in Arizona descended from the Washington state outbreak that was discovered in late February. Notably, none of the observed transmission clusters are epidemiologically linked to the original travel-related case in the state, suggesting successful early isolation and quarantine. Finally, we use molecular clock analyses to demonstrate a lack of identifiable, widespread cryptic transmission in Arizona prior to the middle of February 2020. |
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MeSH term(s) | Arizona/epidemiology ; Betacoronavirus/classification ; Betacoronavirus/genetics ; Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification ; COVID-19 ; Coronavirus Infections/epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections/transmission ; Coronavirus Infections/virology ; Evolution, Molecular ; Genome, Viral/genetics ; Humans ; Incidence ; Mutation ; Pandemics ; Phylogeny ; Pneumonia, Viral/epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral/transmission ; Pneumonia, Viral/virology ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Viral Proteins/genetics |
Chemical Substances | Viral Proteins |
Keywords | covid19 |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2020-09-04 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2557172-2 |
ISSN | 2150-7511 ; 2161-2129 |
ISSN (online) | 2150-7511 |
ISSN | 2161-2129 |
DOI | 10.1128/mBio.02107-20 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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