What was behind the first recognition and characterization of autochthonous SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in Italy: The impact on European scenario

An Italian male with no link to China Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) epidemic presented at Emergency Room (ER) with severe respiratory impairment. The RT‐PCR on 20 February 2020, nasopharyngeal swab revealed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, confirmed with viral culture and sequenc...

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Published in:Clinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. e04154 - n/a
Main Authors: Micheli, Valeria, Mancon, Alessandro, Malara, Annalisa, Mileto, Davide, Villani, Pier Giorgio, Rizzo, Alberto, Pagani, Cristina, Alquati, Omar, Gismondo, Maria Rita
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.06.2021
John Wiley and Sons Inc
Wiley
Subjects:
Asymptomatic
Case Report
Case Reports
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Genomes
Hospitals
Infections
Influenza
Laboratories
pandemic
Pandemics
Pathogens
Phylogenetics
Pneumonia
RT‐PCR
SARS‐CoV‐2
serology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
viral culture
Viruses
United Kingdom > UK
Italy
China
RT‐PCR
viral culture
pandemic
SARS‐CoV‐2
serology
ISSN:2050-0904, 2050-0904
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Summary:An Italian male with no link to China Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) epidemic presented at Emergency Room (ER) with severe respiratory impairment. The RT‐PCR on 20 February 2020, nasopharyngeal swab revealed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection, confirmed with viral culture and sequencing. This was the first identified autochthonous SARS‐CoV‐2 transmission in Italy, that unveiled global pathogen diffusion. This clinical case highlights an underestimation of SARS‐CoV‐2 circulation, making initial containment measures unfit to face the real situation and delaying the management of potentially affected SARS‐CoV‐2 patients.
Bibliography:Valeria Micheli, Alessandro Mancon are equally contributed to this work.
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ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.4154