Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen, Milan, Italy, Early December 2019 [Scholarly Article - Emerging Infectious Diseases, 8 December 2020]

 Title:

 Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen, Milan, Italy, Early December 2019

 

Authors:

Antonella Amendola1, Silvia Bianchi1, Maria Gori, Daniela Colzani, Marta Canuti, Elisa Borghi, Mario C. Raviglione, Gian Vincenzo Zuccotti, & Elisabetta Tanzi

 

Comments to Author  Author affiliations: University of Milan, Milan, Italy (A. Amendola, S. Bianchi, M. Gori, D. Colzani, E. Borghi, M.C. Raviglione, G.V. Zuccotti, E. Tanzi); Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (M. Canuti) 

 

Published:

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Volume 27, Number 2 (8 December 2020)

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article

 

Abstract:

We identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in an oropharyngeal swab specimen collected from a child with suspected measles in early December 2019, ≈3 months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy. This finding expands our knowledge on timing and mapping of novel coronavirus transmission pathways.