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Editor, Senior Moderator
Infection
. 2021 Apr 10.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01609-6. Online ahead of print.
The first familial cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the northeast of Italy
Sara Lo Menzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Serena Marinello[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matteo Biasin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Calogero Terregino[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Elisa Franchin[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Andrea Crisanti[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Annamaria Cattelan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Purpose: We report on the first identified cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in the northeast of Italy.
Methods: The cluster was recognized in January 2021 with an epidemiological started from the hospitalization of a 68-year-old man suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related pneumonia and we surprisingly found three families involved in the same cluster.
Results: We retrospectively rebuilt the pathway of infection and performed a virological analysis.
Conclusion: This allow us to make clear the very high attack rate and the great infective capacity of this B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; Sars-COV-2; UK variant.
. 2021 Apr 10.
doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01609-6. Online ahead of print.
The first familial cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the northeast of Italy
Sara Lo Menzo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Serena Marinello[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Matteo Biasin[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Calogero Terregino[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Elisa Franchin[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Andrea Crisanti[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Annamaria Cattelan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33840038
- DOI: 10.1007/s15010-021-01609-6
Abstract
Purpose: We report on the first identified cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in the northeast of Italy.
Methods: The cluster was recognized in January 2021 with an epidemiological started from the hospitalization of a 68-year-old man suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related pneumonia and we surprisingly found three families involved in the same cluster.
Results: We retrospectively rebuilt the pathway of infection and performed a virological analysis.
Conclusion: This allow us to make clear the very high attack rate and the great infective capacity of this B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords: COVID-19; Sars-COV-2; UK variant.