Genomic Surveillance of Circulating SARS-CoV-2 in South East Italy: A One-Year Retrospective Genetic Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Specimen Collection and Testing
2.2. cDNA Synthesis and Viral Genome Amplification
2.3. Library Preparation and Whole-Genome Sequencing
2.4. Sequence Data Analysis
2.5. Phylogenetic Analysis
2.6. Ethical Statement
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Capozzi, L.; Bianco, A.; Del Sambro, L.; Simone, D.; Lippolis, A.; Notarnicola, M.; Pesole, G.; Pace, L.; Galante, D.; Parisi, A. Genomic Surveillance of Circulating SARS-CoV-2 in South East Italy: A One-Year Retrospective Genetic Study. Viruses 2021, 13, 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050731
Capozzi L, Bianco A, Del Sambro L, Simone D, Lippolis A, Notarnicola M, Pesole G, Pace L, Galante D, Parisi A. Genomic Surveillance of Circulating SARS-CoV-2 in South East Italy: A One-Year Retrospective Genetic Study. Viruses. 2021; 13(5):731. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050731
Chicago/Turabian StyleCapozzi, Loredana, Angelica Bianco, Laura Del Sambro, Domenico Simone, Antonio Lippolis, Maria Notarnicola, Graziano Pesole, Lorenzo Pace, Domenico Galante, and Antonio Parisi. 2021. "Genomic Surveillance of Circulating SARS-CoV-2 in South East Italy: A One-Year Retrospective Genetic Study" Viruses 13, no. 5: 731. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050731