Response to Carletti et al, "About the origin of the first two SARS-CoV-2 infections in Italy: Inference not supported by appropriate sequence analysis"

J Med Virol. 2020 Sep;92(9):1406-1407. doi: 10.1002/jmv.25823. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

Authors

Massimo Ciccozzi¹, Marta Giovanetti^{2

3}, Domenico Benvenuto¹, Silvia Angeletti⁴

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Medical Statistics and Molecular Epidemiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.
² Flavivirus Laboratory, Osvaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
³ Molecular and Cellular Genetic Laboratory, Biological Science Institute, University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁴ Unit of Clinical Laboratory Science, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Rome, Italy.

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
Humans
Italy / epidemiology
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Sequence Analysis