Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 positive passengers on flights from China to Italy, December 2022-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 positive passengers on flights from China to Italy, December 2022

Published:2023-01-12 Issue:2 Volume:28 Page:
ISSN:1560-7917
Container-title:Eurosurveillance
language:en
Short-container-title:

Author:

Novazzi Federica¹²,Giombini Emanuela³,Rueca Martina³,Baj Andreina¹²,Fabeni Lavinia³,Genoni Angelo¹²,Ferrante Francesca Drago¹,Gramigna Giulia³,Gruber Cesare Ernesto Maria³,Boutahar Sara¹,Minosse Claudia³,Butera Ornella³,Pasciuta Renee²,Focosi Daniele⁴,Colombo Alberto²,Antinori Andrea³,Girardi Enrico³,Vaia Francesco³,Maggi Fabrizio³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy

2. Laboratory of Microbiology, ASST SetteLaghi, Varese, Italy

3. National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani” - IRCCS, Rome, Italy

4. North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, Pisa, Italy

Abstract

With numbers of COVID-19 cases having substantially increased at the end of 2022 in China, some countries have started or expanded testing and genomic surveillance of travellers. We report screening results in Italy in late December 2022 of 556 flight passengers in provenance from two Chinese provinces. Among these passengers, 126 (22.7%) tested SARS-CoV-2 positive. Whole genome sequencing of 61 passengers’ positive samples revealed Omicron variants, notably sub-lineages BA.5.2.48, BF.7.14 and BQ.1.1, in line with data released from China.

Publisher

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)

Subject

Virology,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,Epidemiology

Reference23 articles.

1. Covid-19: What can China learn from Hong Kong and Singapore about exiting zero covid?;Owens;BMJ,2022

2. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Impact of surge in China COVID-19 cases on epidemiological situation in EU/EEA. Stockholm: ECDC; 3 Jan 2023. Available from: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/impact-surge-china-covid-19-cases

3. Estimating the transmission dynamics of Omicron in Beijing, November to December 2022.;Leung;medRxiv,2022

4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC Announces Negative COVID-19 Test Requirement from Air Passengers Entering the United States from the People’s Republic of China. Atlanta: CDC; 28 Dec 2022. Available from: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p1228-COVID-china.html

5. Covid in China. US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China; 29 Dec 2022. [Accessed: 19 Dec 2022]. Available from: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-64111492

Cited by 10 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

1. Interpreting COVID-19 data from China: a call for caution;The Lancet;2024-01

2. Interpreting COVID-19 data from China: a call for caution – Authors' reply;The Lancet;2024-01

3. Epidemiological and laboratory characteristics of Omicron infection in a general hospital in Guangzhou: a retrospective study;Frontiers in Public Health;2023-11-29

4. Sufficient COVID-19 quarantine and testing on international travelers from China;2023-11-04

5. Clinical phenotypes and outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants BA.2, BA.5 and BQ.1.1 in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective, multicenter cohort study;Intensive Care Medicine Experimental;2023-08-07