Emerging Microbes and Infections (Jan 2021)
Introduction of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 20h/501Y.V2 (B.1.351) from Malawi to Italy
- Federica Novazzi,
- Angelo Genoni,
- Pietro Giorgio Spezia,
- Daniele Focosi,
- Cristian Zago,
- Alberto Colombo,
- Gianluca Cassani,
- Renee Pasciuta,
- Antonio Tamborini,
- Agostino Rossi,
- Martina Prestia,
- Riccardo Capuano,
- Daniela Dalla Gasperina,
- Francesco Dentali,
- Paolo Severgnini,
- Walter Ageno,
- Cinzia Gambarini,
- Paola Stefanelli,
- Andreina Baj,
- Fabrizio Maggi
Affiliations
- Federica Novazzi
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Angelo Genoni
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- Pietro Giorgio Spezia
- Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Daniele Focosi
- North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy
- Cristian Zago
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Alberto Colombo
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Gianluca Cassani
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Renee Pasciuta
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Antonio Tamborini
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Agostino Rossi
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Martina Prestia
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Riccardo Capuano
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Daniela Dalla Gasperina
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- Francesco Dentali
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- Paolo Severgnini
- Anesthesia and Intensive Care, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Walter Ageno
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- Cinzia Gambarini
- S.C. Pneumology, ASST Dei Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Paola Stefanelli
- National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
- Andreina Baj
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- Fabrizio Maggi
- Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2021.1906757
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 710 – 712
Abstract
We report here an imported case of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B.1.1.351 (also known as 20H/501Y.V2 or “South African variant” or VOC 202012/02) in a 66-years old symptomatic male who returned from Malawi to Italy.
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