Epidemiological and genomic findings of the first documented Italian outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant of concern

From 24 December 2020 to 8 February 2021, 163 cases of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha variant of concern (VOC) were identified in Chieti province, Abruzzo region. Epidemiological data allowed the identification of 14 epi-clusters. With one exception, all the epi-clusters were linked to the town of Guardiagrele: 1...

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Published in:	Epidemics
Main Authors:	Laura Amato, Luca Candeloro, Arturo Di Girolamo, Lara Savini, Ilaria Puglia, Maurilia Marcacci, Marialuigia Caporale, Iolanda Mangone, Cesare Cammà, Annamaria Conte, Giuseppe Torzi, Adamo Mancinelli, Francesca Di Giallonardo, Alessio Lorusso, Giacomo Migliorati, Thomas Schael, Nicola D’Alterio, Paolo Calistri
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2022-06-01
Subjects:	Abruzzo SARS-CoV-2, Alpha variant Epidemiology Genomic surveillance Reproduction number
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755436522000287