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. 2024 Apr 21;60(2).
doi: 10.12834/VetIt.3521.3521.1. Online ahead of print. Low pathogenic human coronaviruses during the first waves of COVID-19 in Italy
Ilaria Puglia 1 2 , Paola Ripà 3 , Valentina Curini 2 , Eugenia Ciarrocchi 2 , Simone Pulsoni 2 , Roberta Irelli 2 , Francesco Bencivenga 4 , Marialuigia Caporale 1 2 , Alessio Lorusso 2 , Shadia Berjaoui 2
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Low-pathogenic human coronaviruses (HCoVs) infect the upper respiratory tract and cause mild, cold-like respiratory illness. Although several studies have shown evidence of the global distribution of HCoVs, information about their distribution in Italy are often focused only on hospitalized children and elderly with respiratory symptoms. In this study, a total of 916 swab samples collected during the first two SARS-CoV-2 pandemic waves in Abruzzo region (central Italy) was selected for molecular screening of low pathogenic HCoVs by real-time RT-PCR. We identified low-pathogenic HCoV in nine samples. Positive samples underwent whole genome sequencing for genome characterization; indeed, we also report the whole genome sequence of a HCoV-229E strain.
. 2024 Apr 21;60(2).
doi: 10.12834/VetIt.3521.3521.1. Online ahead of print. Low pathogenic human coronaviruses during the first waves of COVID-19 in Italy
Ilaria Puglia 1 2 , Paola Ripà 3 , Valentina Curini 2 , Eugenia Ciarrocchi 2 , Simone Pulsoni 2 , Roberta Irelli 2 , Francesco Bencivenga 4 , Marialuigia Caporale 1 2 , Alessio Lorusso 2 , Shadia Berjaoui 2
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- PMID: 38647004
- DOI: 10.12834/VetIt.3521.3521.1
Low-pathogenic human coronaviruses (HCoVs) infect the upper respiratory tract and cause mild, cold-like respiratory illness. Although several studies have shown evidence of the global distribution of HCoVs, information about their distribution in Italy are often focused only on hospitalized children and elderly with respiratory symptoms. In this study, a total of 916 swab samples collected during the first two SARS-CoV-2 pandemic waves in Abruzzo region (central Italy) was selected for molecular screening of low pathogenic HCoVs by real-time RT-PCR. We identified low-pathogenic HCoV in nine samples. Positive samples underwent whole genome sequencing for genome characterization; indeed, we also report the whole genome sequence of a HCoV-229E strain.