On the Origin and Propagation of the COVID-19 Outbreak in the Italian Province of Trento, a Tourist Region of Northern Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Trentino is an Italian province with a tourism-based economy, bordering the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, where the two earliest and largest outbreaks of COVID-19 occurred in Italy. The earliest cases in Trentino were reported in the first week of March 2020, with most of the cases occurring in the winter sport areas in the Dolomites mountain range. The number of reported cases decreased over the summer months and was followed by a second wave in the autumn and winter of 2020.

Methods

we performed high-coverage Oxford Nanopore sequencing of 253 positive SARS-CoV-2 swabs collected in Trentino between March and December 2020.

Results

in this work, we analyzed genome sequences to trace the routes through which the virus entered the area, and assessed whether

SUBMITTER: Bianco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8951735 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature