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Nuno Rodrigues Faria

Professor, Imperial College London / University of São Paulo
Verified email at ic.ac.uk
Cited by 24737

Resurgence of COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil, despite high seroprevalence

…, OG Pybus, A Kucharski, MP Busch, C Dye, NR Faria - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
After initially containing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2),
many European and Asian countries had a resurgence of COVID-19 consistent with a large …

Genomics and epidemiology of the P. 1 SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus, Brazil

NR Faria, TA Mellan, C Whittaker, IM Claro… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in
Manaus, Brazil, resurged in late 2020 despite previously high levels of infection. Genome …

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China

…, L Du Plessis, NR Faria, R Li… - Science, 2020 - science.org
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak expanded rapidly throughout
China. Major behavioral, clinical, and state interventions were undertaken to mitigate the …

Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic

…, MC Castro, C Dye, VH Nascimento, NR Faria… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread rapidly in Manaus,
the capital of Amazonas state in northern Brazil. The attack rate there is an estimate of the …

Multiplex PCR method for MinION and Illumina sequencing of Zika and other virus genomes directly from clinical samples

…, LC Alcantara Jr, EC Sabino, SA Baylis, NR Faria… - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Genome sequencing has become a powerful tool for studying emerging infectious diseases;
however, genome sequencing directly from clinical samples (ie, without isolation and culture…

[HTML][HTML] Past and future spread of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus

…, L Lambrechts, S Cauchemez, C Linard, NR Faria… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases—including dengue, yellow fever,
chikungunya and Zika—is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two key …

[PDF][PDF] Genomic characterisation of an emergent SARS-CoV-2 lineage in Manaus: preliminary findings

NR Faria, IM Claro, D Candido, LAM Franco… - Virological, 2021 - academia.edu
We have detected a new variant circulating in December in Manaus, Amazonas state, north
Brazil, where very high attack rates have been estimated previously. The new lineage, …

The early spread and epidemic ignition of HIV-1 in human populations

NR Faria, A Rambaut, MA Suchard, G Baele, T Bedford… - science, 2014 - science.org
Thirty years after the discovery of HIV-1, the early transmission, dissemination, and establishment
of the virus in human populations remain unclear. Using statistical approaches applied …

Establishment and lineage dynamics of the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in the UK

…, J Ashworth, R Colquhoun, TR Connor, NR Faria… - Science, 2021 - science.org
The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 epidemic during early 2020 was one of world’s largest
and was unusually well represented by virus genomic sampling. We determined the fine-scale …

Establishment and cryptic transmission of Zika virus in Brazil and the Americas

NR Faria, J Quick, IM Claro, J Theze, JG de Jesus… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) in the Americas was first confirmed in May 2015 in northeast
Brazil 1 . Brazil has had the highest number of reported ZIKV cases worldwide (more than …