@article{c04c0268142d4d36bc59fc8512701bd8,
title = "First detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) in Ecuador",
abstract = "The National Institute of Research and Public Health reported the first local record of the Omicron variant detected in Ecuador. A fully vaccinated subject returned from South Africa with a negative RT-PCR. We present the cumulative frequency of the variants in Ecuador and a phylogenetic analysis of this new Omicron.",
keywords = "COVID-19, Omicron, SARS-CoV-2, genomics, variant of concern",
author = "USFQ-Consortium and A. Carrazco-Montalvo and I. Armend{\'a}riz-Castillo and Tello, {C. L.} and D. Morales and R. Armas-Gonzalez and D. Guizado-Herrera and A. Le{\'o}n-Sosa and D. Ramos-Sarmiento and B. Fuertes and P. C{\'a}rdenas and S. M{\'a}rquez and B. Prado-Vivar and Guadalupe, {J. J.} and B. Guti{\'e}rrez and Wong, {M. B.} and M. Grunauer and G. Trueba and P. Rojas-Silva and V. Barrag{\'a}n and L. Patino",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Authors",
year = "2022",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1016/j.nmni.2022.100951",
language = "Ingl{\'e}s",
volume = "45",
journal = "New Microbes and New Infections",
issn = "2052-2975",
}
