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.
What was behind the first recognition and characterization of autochthonous SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Italy: The impact on European scenario / V. Micheli, A. Mancon, A. Malara, D. Mileto, P.G. Villani, A. Rizzo, C. Pagani, O. Alquati, M.R. Gismondo. - In: CLINICAL CASE REPORTS. - ISSN 2050-0904. - 9:6(2021 Jun), pp. e04154.1-e04154.4. [10.1002/ccr3.4154]
What was behind the first recognition and characterization of autochthonous SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Italy: The impact on European scenario
A. Rizzo;M.R. GismondoUltimo
2021
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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.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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