Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of SARS-COV-2 in Italy.

ABSTRACT: This report describes the isolation, molecular characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of the first three complete genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from three patients involved in the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Lombardy, Italy. Early molecular epidemiological tracing suggests that SARS-CoV-2 was present in Italy weeks before the first reported cases of infection.

SUBMITTER: Zehender G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228393 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature