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First detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 (Omicron) in Ecuador
A Carrazco-Montalvo1, I Armendáriz-Castillo2, C L Tello1
1Dirección de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública "Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez", Guayaquil, Ecuador.
New Microbes and New Infections
|January 12, 2022
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.

