Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Molecular evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in New York before the first pandemic wave
- Matthew M. Hernandez,
- Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche,
- Hala Alshammary,
- Shelcie Fabre,
- Zenab Khan,
- Adriana van De Guchte,
- Ajay Obla,
- Ethan Ellis,
- Mitchell J. Sullivan,
- Jessica Tan,
- Bremy Alburquerque,
- Juan Soto,
- Ching-Yi Wang,
- Shwetha Hara Sridhar,
- Ying-Chih Wang,
- Melissa Smith,
- Robert Sebra,
- Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi,
- Melissa R. Gitman,
- Michael D. Nowak,
- Carlos Cordon-Cardo,
- Marta Luksza,
- Florian Krammer,
- Harm van Bakel,
- Viviana Simon,
- Emilia Mia Sordillo
Affiliations
- Matthew M. Hernandez
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Hala Alshammary
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Shelcie Fabre
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Zenab Khan
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Adriana van De Guchte
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ajay Obla
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ethan Ellis
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Mitchell J. Sullivan
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Jessica Tan
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Bremy Alburquerque
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Juan Soto
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ching-Yi Wang
- Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Shwetha Hara Sridhar
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Ying-Chih Wang
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Melissa Smith
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Robert Sebra
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Alberto E. Paniz-Mondolfi
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Melissa R. Gitman
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Michael D. Nowak
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Carlos Cordon-Cardo
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Marta Luksza
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Florian Krammer
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Harm van Bakel
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Viviana Simon
- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Emilia Mia Sordillo
- Department of Pathology, Molecular, and Cell-Based Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23688-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Matthew M. Hernandez and Ana S. Gonzalez-Reiche and colleagues report evidence of SARSCoV-2 infections in respiratory pathogen-negative nasopharyngeal specimens collected in New York, which date back to over one month before the first officially documented case in the state. The findings provide insights in to the origins of the virus in New York.
