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<journal-id>0120-4157</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Biomédica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Biomed.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-4157</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Nacional de Salud]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-41572020000600148</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7705/biomedica.5834</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Aislamiento y caracterización de una cepa temprana de SARS-CoV-2 durante la epidemia de 2020 en Medellín, Colombia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Isolation and characterization of an early SARS-CoV-2 isolate from the 2020 epidemic in Medellín, Colombia]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco J.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aguilar-Jiménez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Wbeimar]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Flórez-Álvarez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lizdany]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valencia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gladys]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Laiton-Donato]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Katherine]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Franco-Muñoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Díaz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diego]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Mercado-Reyes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marcela]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rugeles]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María T.]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Antioquia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,ADILAB  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Salud  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<fpage>148</fpage>
<lpage>158</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-41572020000600148&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-41572020000600148&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-41572020000600148&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción. El nuevo coronavirus causante de un brote de enfermedad respiratoria aguda en China en diciembre de 2019 se identificó como SARS-CoV-2. La enfermedad, denominada COVID-19, fue declarada pandemia por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). El primer caso de COVID-19 en Colombia se reportó el 6 de marzo de 2020; en este estudio se caracterizó un aislamiento temprano del virus SARS-CoV-2 de una muestra recolectada en abril de 2020.  Objetivos. Describir y caracterizar una cepa temprana a partir de un aislamiento de SARS-CoV-2 durante la pandemia en Colombia.  Materiales y métodos. Se obtuvo una muestra de un paciente con COVID-19 confirmada por qRT-PCR; la muestra fue inoculada en diferentes líneas celulares hasta la aparición del efecto citopático. Para confirmar la presencia de SARS-CoV-2 en el cultivo, se utilizó la qRT-PCR a partir de los sobrenadantes, la inmunofluorescencia indirecta (IFI) en células Vero-E6, así como microscopía electrónica y secuenciación de nueva generación (next-generation sequencing).  Resultados. Se confirmó el aislamiento de SARS-CoV-2 en células Vero-E6 por la aparición del efecto citopático tres días después de la infección, así como mediante la qRT-PCR y la IFI positiva con suero de paciente convaleciente positivo para SARS-CoV-2. Además, en las imágenes de microscopía electrónica de trasmisión y de barrido de células infectadas se observaron estructuras compatibles con viriones de SARS-CoV-2. Por último, se obtuvo la secuencia completa del genoma, lo que permitió clasificar el aislamiento como linaje B.1.5.  Conclusiones. La evidencia presentada en este artículo permite confirmar el primer aislamiento de SARS-CoV-2 en Colombia. Además, muestra que esta cepa se comporta en cultivo celular de manera similar a lo reportado en la literatura para otros aislamientos y que su composición genética está acorde con la variante predominante en el mundo. Finalmente, se resalta la importancia que tiene el aislamiento viral para la detección de anticuerpos, para la caracterización genotípica y fenotípica de la cepa y para probar compuestos con potencial antiviral.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: SARS-CoV-2 has been identified as the new coronavirus causing an outbreak of acute respiratory disease in China in December, 2019. This disease, currently named COVID-19, has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). The first case of COVID-19 in Colombia was reported on March 6, 2020. Here we characterize an early SARS-CoV-2 isolate from the pandemic recovered in April, 2020.  Objective: To describe the isolation and characterization of an early SARS-CoV-2 isolate from the epidemic in Colombia.  Materials and methods: A nasopharyngeal specimen from a COVID-19 positive patient was inoculated on different cell lines. To confirm the presence of SARS-CoV-2 on cultures we used qRT-PCR, indirect immunofluorescence assay, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and next-generation sequencing.  Results: We determined the isolation of SARS-CoV-2 in Vero-E6 cells by the appearance of the cytopathic effect three days post-infection and confirmed it by the positive results in the qRT-PCR and the immunofluorescence with convalescent serum. Transmission and scanning electron microscopy images obtained from infected cells showed the presence of structures compatible with SARS-CoV-2. Finally, a complete genome sequence obtained by next-generation sequencing allowed classifying the isolate as B.1.5 lineage.  Conclusion: The evidence presented in this article confirms the first isolation of SARS-CoV-2 in Colombia. In addition, it shows that this strain behaves in cell culture in a similar way to that reported in the literature for other isolates and that its genetic composition is consistent with the predominant variant in the world. Finally, points out the importance of viral isolation for the detection of neutralizing antibodies, for the genotypic and phenotypic characterization of the strain and for testing compounds with antiviral potential.]]></p></abstract>
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