Molecular Tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the First Three Months of the Epidemic
Molecular Tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the First Three Months of the Epidemic
The aim of this study is the characterization and genomic tracing by phylogenetic analyses of 59 new SARS-CoV-2 Italian isolates obtained from patients attending clinical centres in North and Central Italy until the end of April 2020. All but one of the newly-characterized genomes belonged to the lineage B.1, the …