The impact of insularity on SARS-CoV-2 diffusion: Recapitulating three years of COVID-19 pandemic in the island of Sardinia.

Nicole GrandiRoberto CusanoGiovanna PirasMaura FiammaMaria Itria MonneTatiana FancelloJessica MiliaSandro OrrùSante ScognamiglioCaterina SerraGiuseppe MameliSergio UzzauGermano OrrùAngelo Domenico PalmasSalvatore RubinoEnzo Tramontano

Published in: Journal of infection and public health (2024)

The genomic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 in Sardinia has been shaped by a complex interplay of insular geography, low population density, and touristic arrivals, leading on the one side to the importation of lineages remaining rare at the national level, and resulting on the other side in the delayed entry of otherwise common variants.

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