Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in France, 24 January to 23 March 2020

Fabiana Gámbaro; Sylvie Behillil; Artem Baidaliuk; Flora Donati; Mélanie Albert; Andreea Alexandru; Maud Vanpeene; Méline Bizard; Angela Brisebarre; Marion Barbet; Fawzi Derrar; Sylvie van der Werf; Vincent Enouf; Etienne Simon-Loriere

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Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in France, 24 January to 23 March 2020
Fabiana Gámbaro^1,2,3 , Sylvie Behillil^3,4,5 , Artem Baidaliuk^1,3 , Flora Donati^4,5 , Mélanie Albert^4,5 , Andreea Alexandru⁶ , Maud Vanpeene⁶ , Méline Bizard⁶ , Angela Brisebarre^4,5 , Marion Barbet^4,5 , Fawzi Derrar⁷ , Sylvie van der Werf^4,5,8 , Vincent Enouf^4,5,6,8 , Etienne Simon-Loriere^1,8
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Affiliations: ¹ Evolutionary genomics of RNA viruses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ² Université de Paris, Paris, France ³ These authors contributed equally ⁴ National Reference Center for Respiratory Viruses, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁵ Molecular Genetics of RNA Viruses, CNRS - UMR 3569, University of Paris, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁶ Mutualized Platform of Microbiology, Pasteur International Bioresources Network, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France ⁷ National Influenza Centre, Viral Respiratory Laboratory, Algiers, Algeria ⁸ These authors co-supervised this work

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Citation style for this article: Gámbaro Fabiana, Behillil Sylvie, Baidaliuk Artem, Donati Flora, Albert Mélanie, Alexandru Andreea, Vanpeene Maud, Bizard Méline, Brisebarre Angela, Barbet Marion, Derrar Fawzi, van der Werf Sylvie, Enouf Vincent, Simon-Loriere Etienne. Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in France, 24 January to 23 March 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(26):pii=2001200. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.26.2001200 Received: 15 Jun 2020; Accepted: 02 Jul 2020

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Following SARS-CoV-2 emergence in China, a specific surveillance was implemented in France. Phylogenetic analysis of sequences retrieved through this surveillance suggests that detected initial introductions, involving non-clade G viruses, did not seed local transmission. Nevertheless, identification of clade G variants subsequently circulating in the country, with the earliest from a patient who neither travelled to risk areas nor had contact with travellers, suggests that SARS-CoV-2 might have been present before the first recorded local cases.

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Introductions and early spread of SARS-CoV-2 in France, 24 January to 23 March 2020

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