Genomic characterization and phylogenetic analysis of SARS‐COV‐2 in Italy

作者：Gianguglielmo Zehender, Alessia Lai, Annalisa Bergna, Luca Meroni, Agostino Riva, Claudia Balotta, Maciej Tarkowski, Arianna Gabrieli, Dario Bernacchia, Stefano Rusconi, Giuliano Rizzardini, Spinello Antinori, Massimo Galli · 发表于：Journal of Medical Virology · 年份：2020 · DOI：10.1002/jmv.25794 · 被引用次数：132 · 研究领域：SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research、Animal Virus Infections Studies、vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches

This report describes the isolation, molecular characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of the first three complete genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) isolated from three patients involved in the first outbreak of COVID-19 in Lombardy, Italy. Early molecular epidemiological tracing suggests that SARS-CoV-2 was present in Italy weeks before the first reported cases of infection.