Introduction of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern 20h/501Y.V2 (B.1.351) from Malawi to Italy.

Federica NovazziAngelo GenoniPietro Giorgio SpeziaDaniele FocosiCristian ZagoAlberto ColomboGianluca CassaniRenee PasciutaAntonio TamboriniAgostino RossiMartina PrestiaRiccardo CapuanoDaniela Dalla GasperinaFrancesco DentaliPaolo SevergniniWalter AgenoCinzia GambariniPaola StefanelliAndreina BajFabrizio Maggi

Published in: Emerging microbes & infections (2021)

We report here an imported case of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B.1.1.351 (also known as 20H/501Y.V2 or "South African variant" or VOC 202012/02) in a 66-years old symptomatic male who returned from Malawi to Italy.

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