Mio, Catia and Dal Secco, Chiara and Marzinotto, Stefania and Bruno, Claudio and Pimpo, Santa and Betto, Elena and Bertoni, Martina and Pipan, Corrado and Sozio, Emanuela and Tascini, Carlo and Damante, Giuseppe and Curcio, Francesco and Roques, Pierre (2021) Local occurrence and fast spread of B.1.1.7 lineage: A glimpse into Friuli Venezia Giulia. PLOS ONE, 16 (12). e0261229. ISSN 1932-6203
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Abstract
In-depth study of the entire SARS-CoV-2 genome has uncovered many mutations, which have replaced the lineage that characterized the first wave of infections all around the world. In December 2020, the outbreak of variant of concern (VOC) 202012/01 (lineage B.1.1.7) in the United Kingdom defined a turning point during the pandemic, immediately posing a worldwide threat on the Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Here, we reported the evolution of B.1.1.7 lineage-related infections, analyzing samples collected from January 1st 2021, until April 15th 2021, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, a northeastern region of Italy. A cohort of 1508 nasopharyngeal swabs was analyzed by High Resolution Melting (HRM) and 479 randomly selected samples underwent Next Generation Sequencing analysis (NGS), uncovering a steady and continuous accumulation of B.1.1.7 lineage-related specimens, joined by sporadic cases of other known lineages (i.e. harboring the Spike glycoprotein p.E484K mutation). All the SARS-CoV-2 genome has been analyzed in order to highlight all the rare mutations that may eventually result in a new variant of interest. This work suggests that a thorough monitoring of the SARS-CoV-2 genome by NGS is essential to contain any new variant that could jeopardize all the efforts that have been made so far to resolve the emergence of the pandemic.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | Eurolib Press > Biological Science |
Depositing User: | Managing Editor |
Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2023 08:20 |
Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2024 03:51 |
URI: | http://info.submit4journal.com/id/eprint/709 |