Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Padova, Padua, Italy.
Research and Development Department Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Padua, Italy.
Infection. 2021 Dec;49(6):1341-1345. doi: 10.1007/s15010-021-01609-6. Epub 2021 Apr 10.
We report on the first identified cluster of the B.1.1.7 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in the northeast of Italy.
The cluster was recognized in January 2021 with an epidemiological started from the hospitalization of a 68-year-old man suffering from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) related pneumonia and we surprisingly found three families involved in the same cluster.
We retrospectively rebuilt the pathway of infection and performed a virological analysis.
This allow us to make clear the very high attack rate and the great infective capacity of this B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2.
我们报告了意大利东北部首次发现的严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2(SARS-CoV-2)B.1.1.7 变异株感染集群。
该集群于 2021 年 1 月被发现,其流行病学起源于一名 68 岁男性的住院治疗,该男性患有与 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)相关的肺炎,我们出人意料地发现了三个涉及同一集群的家庭。
我们回顾性地重建了感染途径,并进行了病毒学分析。
这使我们能够清楚地了解这种 SARS-CoV-2 的 B.1.1.7 变异株的极高攻击率和巨大感染能力。