Emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 (Gamma) in Ecuador: A retrospective report of the first confirmed case

Katty Ojeda-Gutiérrez; Fernando Serrano-Tamay; David Zúñiga; Sully Márquez; Belén Prado-Vivar; Mónica Becerra; Juan José Guadalupe; Patricio Rojas-Silva; Verónica Barragán; Paúl Cárdenas; Paola Dalgo Aguilar

doi:10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101638

Emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 (Gamma) in Ecuador: A retrospective report of the first confirmed case

Katty Ojeda-Gutiérrez^*
, Fernando Serrano-Tamay
, David Zúñiga
, Sully Márquez
, Belén Prado-Vivar
, Mónica Becerra
, Juan José Guadalupe
, Patricio Rojas-Silva
, Verónica Barragán
, Paúl Cárdenas
, Paola Dalgo Aguilar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja
Hospital del IEES “Manuel Ygnacio Montero”
Universidad San Francisco de Quito

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Original language	English
Article number	101638
Journal	New Microbes and New Infections
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101638
State	Published - Dec 2025

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COVID-19
Ecuador
Gamma
SARS-CoV-2

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Ojeda-Gutiérrez, K., Serrano-Tamay, F., Zúñiga, D., Márquez, S., Prado-Vivar, B., Becerra, M., Guadalupe, J. J., Rojas-Silva, P., Barragán, V., Cárdenas, P., & Dalgo Aguilar, P. (2025). Emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 (Gamma) in Ecuador: A retrospective report of the first confirmed case. New Microbes and New Infections, 68, Article 101638. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2025.101638

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Emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 variant P.1 (Gamma) in Ecuador: A retrospective report of the first confirmed case

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