Analysis of Three Mutations in Italian Strains of SARS-CoV-2 : Implications for Pathogenesis

© 2021 S. Karger AG, Basel..

BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is an enveloped virus initially detected in Wuhan in December 2019, responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a respiratory syndrome currently affecting >220 countries around the world, with >80 million cases registered and >1.8 million deaths.

OBJECTIVE: As several vaccines are still being developed and 2 have been approved, it is particularly important to perform evolutionary surveillance to identify mutations potentially affecting vaccine efficacy.

METHODS: DynaMut server has been used to evaluate the impact of the mutation found on SARS-CoV-2 isolates available on GISAID.

RESULTS: In this article, we analyze whole genomes sequenced from Italian patients, and we report the characterization of 3 mutations, one of which presents in the spike protein.

CONCLUSION: The mutations analyzed in this article can be useful to evaluate the evolution of SARS-CoV-2.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Chemotherapy - 66(2021), 1-2 vom: 26., Seite 33-37

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Benvenuto, Domenico [VerfasserIn]
Benedetti, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Demir, Ayse Banu [VerfasserIn]
Ciccozzi, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Zella, Davide [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bioinformatic
Coronavirus disease 2019
Evolutionary analysis
Journal Article
Protein modeling
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Syndrome coronavirus 2

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.06.2021

Date Revised 29.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1159/000515342

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM322923794