José LourençoJan 14, 2023

Through a combination of phy and epi models we reconstructed the recent transmission of #yellowfever virus in #Brazil.

#Modelling revealed spatial hotspots with both past reporting and low vaccination coverage, which coincided with the largest Southeast urban centres.

#Phylodynamics unravelled three distinct #YFV lineages, and provided proof of the directionality of a known spatial corridor of spread that connects the endemic North with the extra-Amazonian basin.

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.13.23284525v1

José LourençoDec 20, 2022
We have been working with Yellow Fever virus genomics and epidemiological data, and will soon preprint our study entitled: “Genomic #epidemiology unveils a novel corridor of #YFV spread that fuelled the ongoing southern #Brazilian epidemic". We identify spatial hotspots of spillover events and in need of higher vaccination coverage, and also describe the 2015-2022 spatial spread of 3 YFV clades. Stay tunned.