First detection of SARS-CoV-2 A.23.1 sub-lineage in migrants arriving to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea and public health implications

Carmelo Massimo Maida; Fabio Tramuto; Daniela Di Naro; Giulia Randazzo; Paola Stefanelli; Claudia Marotta; Stefano Reale; Achille Cernigliaro; Teresa Barone; Carlo Cesari; Claudio Pulvirenti; Ulrico Angeloni; Angela Di Martino; Giovanni Rezza; Francesco Vitale; Walter Mazzucco; SAMI-Surv Collaboration; Davide Alba; Emanuele Amodio; Rosario Asciutto; Ranieri Candura; Francesco Cascio; Alessandra Casuccio; Claudio Costantino; Nadia D'Agostino; Stefania D'Amato; Laura Di Quarto; Santo Fruscione; Giorgio Graziano; Daniele La Milia; Mariano Lucchese; Giulia Mangano; Maristella Messina; Carmelo Migliorisi; Giuseppa Mistretta; Giulia Palmeri; Laura Pecoraro; Vincenzo Restivo; Antonina Patrizia Rizzo; Alessandra Savatteri; Silvia Scibetta; Salvatore Scondotto; Antonino Sparaco; Vittorio Spoto; Domenico Stabile; Angela Mothia Tagliavia; Fabrizio Vitale; Mario Zappia; Salvatore Zichichi

doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102142

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 A.23.1 sub-lineage in migrants arriving to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea and public health implications

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Sep-Oct:43:102142. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102142. Epub 2021 Jul 16.

Authors

Carmelo Massimo Maida¹, Fabio Tramuto², Daniela Di Naro³, Giulia Randazzo³, Paola Stefanelli⁴, Claudia Marotta⁵, Stefano Reale⁶, Achille Cernigliaro⁷, Teresa Barone⁸, Carlo Cesari⁹, Claudio Pulvirenti¹⁰, Ulrico Angeloni⁵, Angela Di Martino⁴, Giovanni Rezza⁵, Francesco Vitale¹, Walter Mazzucco¹; SAMI-Surv Collaboration¹¹; Davide Alba¹², Emanuele Amodio¹³, Rosario Asciutto¹⁴, Ranieri Candura¹⁵, Francesco Cascio¹⁶, Alessandra Casuccio¹⁷, Claudio Costantino¹⁸, Nadia D'Agostino¹⁹, Stefania D'Amato²⁰, Laura Di Quarto²¹, Santo Fruscione²², Giorgio Graziano²³, Daniele La Milia²⁴, Mariano Lucchese²⁵, Giulia Mangano²⁶, Maristella Messina²⁷, Carmelo Migliorisi²⁸, Giuseppa Mistretta²⁹, Giulia Palmeri³⁰, Laura Pecoraro³¹, Vincenzo Restivo³², Antonina Patrizia Rizzo³³, Alessandra Savatteri³⁴, Silvia Scibetta³⁵, Salvatore Scondotto³⁶, Antonino Sparaco³⁷, Vittorio Spoto³⁸, Domenico Stabile³⁹, Angela Mothia Tagliavia⁴⁰, Fabrizio Vitale⁴¹, Mario Zappia⁴², Salvatore Zichichi⁴³

Collaborator

SAMI-Surv Collaboration:
Annalisa Agnone

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy; Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Regional Reference Laboratory of Western Sicily for the Emergence of COVID-19, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy.
² Department of Health Promotion, Mother and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Italy; Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Regional Reference Laboratory of Western Sicily for the Emergence of COVID-19, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.tramuto@unipa.it.
³ Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Regional Reference Laboratory of Western Sicily for the Emergence of COVID-19, University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy.
⁴ Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health (ISS), Italy.
⁵ Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Zoo-prophilactic Experimental Institute of Sicily "A. Mirri", Palermo, Italy.
⁷ Regional Health Authority of Sicily, Palermo, Italy; Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy.
⁸ Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
⁹ Italian Red Cross, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ USMAF Sicily, Ministry of Health, Palermo, Italy.
¹¹ Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
¹² University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: davide.alba@unipa.it.
¹³ University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: emanuele.amodio@unipa.it.
¹⁴ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: rosario.asciutto@asptrapani.it.
¹⁵ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: ranieri.candura@asptrapani.it.
¹⁶ Local Health Unit of Palermo, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: francesco.cascio@asppalermo.org.
¹⁷ University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: alessandra.casuccio@unipa.it.
¹⁸ University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: claudio.costantino01@unipa.it.
¹⁹ USMAF Lampedusa, Sicilia, Italy. Electronic address: n.dagostino-esterno@sanita.it.
²⁰ Ministry of Health, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: stefania.damato@sanita.it.
²¹ Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: lauradiquarto@libero.it.
²² University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: santi.fruscione@gmail.com.
²³ University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: giorgio.graziano@policlinico.pa.it.
²⁴ USMAF UOT Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: d.lamilia@sanita.it.
²⁵ Local Health Unit Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: mariano.lucchese@asptrapani.it.
²⁶ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: giuliamangano96@gmail.com.
²⁷ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: maristella00.mm@gmail.com.
²⁸ Local Health Unit of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: carmelomigliorisi@gmail.com.
²⁹ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: giusymistre@gmail.com.
³⁰ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: giuliapalmeri25@gmail.com.
³¹ USMAF UOT Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: l.pecoraro@sanita.it.
³² University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy; University Hospital "P. Giaccone", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: vincenzo.restivo@unipa.it.
³³ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: rizzoapatrizia@gmail.com.
³⁴ University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: alesavatt@gmail.com.
³⁵ Zoo-prophilactic Experimental Institute of Sicily "A. Mirri", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: silvia.scibetta@hotmail.it.
³⁶ Regional Health Authority of Sicily, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: salvatore.scondotto@regione.sicilia.it.
³⁷ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: antonino.sparaco@asptrapani.it.
³⁸ Local Health Unit of Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy. Electronic address: dp.direttore@aspag.it.
³⁹ USMAF UOT Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: d.stabile@sanita.it.
⁴⁰ Local Health Unit of Trapani, Trapani, Italy. Electronic address: angelamothiatagliavia@gmail.com.
⁴¹ Zoo-prophilactic Experimental Institute of Sicily "A. Mirri", Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: fabrizio.vitale@izssicilia.it.
⁴² Local Health Unit of Agrigento, Agrigento, Italy. Electronic address: direzione.generale@aspag.it.
⁴³ USMAF UOT Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: s.zichichi-esterno@sanita.it.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Mediterranean sea; Migrants; Molecular surveillance; NGS; Phylogeny analysis; Public health; SARS-CoV-2; Vaccination programs.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / diagnosis
COVID-19* / virology
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Mediterranean Sea
Phylogeny
Public Health
SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification*
Transients and Migrants*