Early phylogenetic estimate of the effective reproduction number of SARS‐CoV‐2

A Lai, A Bergna, C Acciarri, M Galli… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To reconstruct the evolutionary dynamics of the 2019 novel‐coronavirus recently causing an
outbreak in Wuhan, China, 52 SARS‐CoV‐2 genomes available on 4 February 2020 at …

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

G Zehender, A Lai, A Bergna, L Meroni… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This report describes the isolation, molecular characterization, and phylogenetic analysis of
the first three complete genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS …

The longest persistence of viable SARS-CoV-2 with recurrence of viremia and relapsing symptomatic COVID-19 in an immunocompromised patient—a case study

C Sepulcri, C Dentone, M Mikulska… - Open forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Immunocompromised patients show prolonged shedding of severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in nasopharyngeal swabs. We report a …

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence trends in healthy blood donors during the COVID-19 Milan outbreak

L Valenti, A Bergna, S Pelusi, F Facciotti, A Lai… - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
ABSTRACT Objectives The Milan metropolitan area in Northern Italy was among the most
severely hit by the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. The epidemiological trends of mild COVID-19 are …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular tracing of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy in the first three months of the epidemic

A Lai, A Bergna, S Caucci, N Clementi, I Vicenti… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Human-to-cat SARS-CoV-2 transmission: Case report and full-genome sequencing from an infected pet and its owner in Northern Italy

G Pagani, A Lai, A Bergna, A Rizzo, A Stranieri… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
There have been previous reports of the human-to-cat transmission of SARS-CoV-2, but
there are only a few molecular studies that have compared the whole genome of the virus in …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiological and clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating between April–December 2021 in Italy

A Lai, A Bergna, C Della Ventura, S Menzo… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
SARS-CoV-2 is constantly evolving, leading to new variants. We analysed data from 4400
SARS-CoV-2-positive samples in order to pursue epidemiological variant surveillance and …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence trends in healthy blood donors during the COVID-19 outbreak in Milan

L Valenti, A Bergna, S Pelusi, F Facciotti, A Lai… - Blood …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Milan metropolitan area in Northern Italy was among the most severely hit
by the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. The aim of this study was to examine the seroprevalence …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of licensed monoclonal antibodies and antiviral agents against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages BA. 1 and BA. 2

L Fiaschi, F Dragoni, E Schiaroli, A Bergna, B Rossetti… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants may escape monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and
antiviral drugs. By using live virus assays, we assessed the ex vivo inhibition of the B. 1 wild …

Dynamics of the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among healthcare workers at a COVID-19 referral hospital in Milan, Italy

L Milazzo, A Lai, L Pezzati, L Oreni… - Occupational and …, 2021 - oem.bmj.com
Objectives Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at high risk of developing SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The aim of this single-centre prospective study was to evaluate the trend of SARS-CoV-2 …