Reduction of the risk of severe COVID-19 due to Omicron compared to Delta variant in Italy (November 2021 – February 2022)

Authors: Petrone, Daniele, Mateo-Urdiales, Alberto, Sacco, Chiara, Riccardo, Flavia, Bella, Antonino, Ambrosio, Luigina, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Di Martino, Angela, Ceccarelli, Emiliano, Del Manso, Martina, Fabiani, Massimo, Stefanelli, Paola, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Palamara, AnnaTeresa

Source: International journal of infectious diseases. 129:135-141

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JN.1 variants circulating in Italy from October 2023 to April 2024: genetic diversity and immune recognition.

Authors: Giombini, Emanuela, Schiavoni, Ilaria, Ambrosio, Luigina, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Di Martino, Angela, Fiore, Stefano, Leone, Pasqualina, Fortunato, Francesca, Prato, Rosa, Fedele, Giorgio, Palamara, Anna Teresa, Stefanelli, Paola, Stuppia, Liborio, Anaclerio, Federico, Savini, Giovanni, Cammà, Cesare, Possenti, Luigi, Dell'Edera, Domenico, Picerno, Antonio, Lopizzo, Teresa

Source: BMC Infectious Diseases; 2/28/2025, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, SARS-CoV-2, BOOSTER vaccines, MEDICAL personnel, GENETIC variation

Identification and characterization of SARS-CoV-2 clusters in the EU/EEA in the first pandemic wave: additional elements to trace the route of the virus

Authors: Faggioni, Giovanni, Stefanelli, Paola, Giordani, Francesco, Fillo, Silvia, Anselmo, Anna, Vera Fain, Vanessa, Fortunato, Antonella, Petralito, Giancarlo, Molinari, Filippo, Lo Presti, Alessandra, Di Martino, Angela, Palomba, Stefano, De Santis, Riccardo, Rezza, Giovanni, Lista, Florigio

Source: In Infection, Genetics and Evolution December 2021 96

Co-circulation of the two influenza B lineages during 13 consecutive influenza surveillance seasons in Italy, 2004–2017

Authors: Puzelli, Simona, Di Martino, Angela, Facchini, Marzia, Fabiani, Concetta, Calzoletti, Laura, Di Mario, Giuseppina, Palmieri, Annapina, Affanni, Paola, Camilloni, Barbara, Chironna, Maria, D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco, Giannecchini, Simone, Pariani, Elena, Serra, Caterina, Rizzo, Caterina, Bella, Antonino, Donatelli, Isabella, Castrucci, Maria Rita

Source: BMC infectious diseases. 19(1):1-11

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Moderate influenza vaccine effectiveness against A(H1N1)pdm09 virus, and low effectiveness against A(H3N2) subtype, 2018/19 season in Italy

Authors: Bellino, Stefania, Bella, Antonino, Puzelli, Simona, Di Martino, Angela, Facchini, Marzia, Punzo, Ornella, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Castrucci, Maria Rita

Source: Expert review of vaccines. 18(11):1201-1209

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Selective Pressure and Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Lineages BF.7 and BQ.1.1 Circulating in Italy from July to December 2022.

Authors: Lo Presti, Alessandra, Ambrosio, Luigina, Di Martino, Angela, Knijn, Arnold, De Sabato, Luca, Vaccari, Gabriele, Di Bartolo, Ilaria, Morabito, Stefano, Palamara, Anna Teresa, Stefanelli, Paola

Source: Microorganisms; May2024, Vol. 12 Issue 5, p908, 10p

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19

Geographic Terms: ITALY

Analysis of Genomic Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy, 29 January to 27 March 2020.

Authors: Lo Presti, Alessandra¹ (AUTHOR) alessandra.lopresti@iss.it, Di Martino, Angela¹ (AUTHOR) stefano.fiore@iss.it, Faggioni, Giovanni² (AUTHOR) giovanni.faggioni@gmail.com, Giordani, Francesco² (AUTHOR) franc.giordani@gmail.com, Fillo, Silvia² (AUTHOR) silviafillo@gmail.com, Anselmo, Anna² (AUTHOR) annanselm@gmail.com, Fain, Vanessa Vera^2,3 (AUTHOR) fainvanessavera@gmail.com, Fortunato, Antonella² (AUTHOR) antonellafortunato75@gmail.com, Petralito, Giancarlo² (AUTHOR) giancapetra@gmail.com, Molinari, Filippo² (AUTHOR) molinarifilippo@hotmail.com, Palomba, Stefano⁴ (AUTHOR) stefano.palomba@gmail.com, De Santis, Riccardo² (AUTHOR) riccardo.desantis@gmail.com, Fiore, Stefano¹ (AUTHOR) concetta.fabiani@iss.it, Fabiani, Concetta¹ (AUTHOR) giuseppina.dimario@iss.it, Di Mario, Giuseppina¹ (AUTHOR) marzia.facchini@iss.it, Facchini, Marzia¹ (AUTHOR) laura.calzoletti@iss.it, Calzoletti, Laura¹ (AUTHOR) paola.stefanelli@iss.it, Lista, Florigio² (AUTHOR) romano.lista@gmail.com, Rezza, Giovanni⁵ (AUTHOR) g.rezza@sanita.it, Stefanelli, Paola¹ (AUTHOR)

Source: Viruses (1999-4915). Mar2022, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p472-472. 18p.

Subject Terms: *GENOMICS, *SARS-CoV-2, *NUCLEOTIDE sequencing, *GENOMES, *PHYLOGENY

Geographic Terms: ITALY

Characterization of an influenza B virus isolated from a fatal case of myocarditis in a pediatric patient in Italy

Authors: Puzelli, Simona, Facchini, Marzia, Piacentini, Sara, Di Mario, Giuseppina, Colucci, Maria Eugenia, Calzoletti, Laura, Fabiani, Concetta, Di Martino, Angela, Veronesi, Licia, Biasucci, Giacomo, Codeluppi, Mauro, Cascio, Giuliana Lo, Schiavo, Roberta, Rampini, Alessandra, Affanni, Paola, Palamara, Anna Teresa, Stefanelli, Paola

Source: In Journal of Infection and Public Health March 2024 17(3):417-420

The “Investigating and translating genomic evidence for public health response to SARS-CoV-2 (INSIDE SARS-CoV-2)” project – Network of excellence.

Authors: Di Martino, Angela, Bhattacharyya, Sankar, Riccardo, Flavia, Pandey, Rajesh, Chiara, Matteo, Mani, Shailendra, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Presti, Alessandra Lo, Ambrosio, Luigina, Marziano, Valentina, Poletti, Piero, Pesole, Graziano, Narayan, Jitendra, Brijwal, Megha, Choudhary, Aashish, Tramuto, Fabio, Mazzucco, Walter, Agrawal, Anurag, Mohan, Anant, Stefanelli, Paola

Source: Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita; 2024, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p85-88, 4p

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

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

Source: Travel medicine and infectious disease. 43

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Inhibition of the lysine demethylase LSD1 modulates the balance between inflammatory and antiviral responses against coronaviruses.

Authors: Mazzarella, Luca, Santoro, Fabio, Ravasio, Roberto, Fumagalli, Valeria, Massa, Paul E., Rodighiero, Simona, Gavilán, Elena, Romanenghi, Mauro, Duso, Bruno A., Bonetti, Emanuele, Manganaro, Lara, Pallavi, Rani, Trastulli, Deborah, Pallavicini, Isabella, Gentile, Claudia, Monzani, Silvia, Leonardi, Tommaso, Pasqualato, Sebastiano, Buttinelli, Gabriele, Di Martino, Angela

Source: Science Signaling; 12/19/2023, Vol. 16 Issue 816, p1-19, 19p

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2, TYPE I interferons, COVID-19, CORONAVIRUS disease treatment, CORONAVIRUS diseases, VIRUS diseases

A 12-month follow-up of the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 primary vaccination: evidence from a real-world study.

Authors: Fedele, Giorgio, Schiavoni, Ilaria, Trentini, Filippo, Leone, Pasqualina, Olivetta, Eleonora, Fallucca, Alessandra, Fiore, Stefano, Di Martino, Angela, Abrignani, Sergio, Baldo, Vincenzo, Baldovin, Tatjana, Bandera, Alessandra, Clerici, Pierangelo, De Paschale, Massimo, Diaco, Fabiana, Domnich, Alexander, Fortunato, Francesca, Giberti, Irene, Gori, Andrea, Grifantini, Renata

Source: Frontiers in Immunology; 2023, p1-13, 13p

Subject Terms: IMMUNE response, SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, OLDER people, FRAIL elderly, SARS-CoV-2

Tracking the Selective Pressure Profile and Gene Flow of SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant in Italy from April to October 2021 and Frequencies of Key Mutations from Three Representative Italian Regions.

Authors: Lo Presti, Alessandra, Di Martino, Angela, Ambrosio, Luigina, De Sabato, Luca, Knijn, Arnold, Vaccari, Gabriele, Di Bartolo, Ilaria, Morabito, Stefano, Terregino, Calogero, Fusaro, Alice, Monne, Isabella, Giussani, Edoardo, Tramuto, Fabio, Maida, Carmelo Massimo, Mazzucco, Walter, Costantino, Claudio, Rueca, Martina, Giombini, Emanuela, Gruber, Cesare Ernesto Maria, Capobianchi, Maria Rosaria

Source: Microorganisms; Nov2023, Vol. 11 Issue 11, p2644, 13p

Subject Terms: SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, COVID-19, PROTEIN stability, GENE flow, VIRAL mutation, GENETIC mutation

Geographic Terms: ITALY

Evaluation of the antiviral drug susceptibility of influenza viruses in Italy from 2004/05 to 2009/10 epidemics and from the recent 2009 pandemic

Authors: Puzelli, Simona, Facchini, Marzia, Di Martino, Angela, Fabiani, Concetta, Lackenby, Angie, Zambon, Maria, Donatelli, Isabella

Source: In Antiviral Research 2011 90(3):205-212

B-Sides Serologic Markers of Immunogenicity in Kidney Transplanted Patients: Report From 2012–2013 Flu Vaccination Experience

Authors: Rinaldi, Stefano, Cagigi, Alberto, Santilli, Veronica, Zotta, Federica, di Martino, Angela, Castrucci, Maria Rita, Donatelli, Isabella, Poggi, Elvira, Piazza, Antonina, Campana, Andrea, Guzzo, Isabella, Villani, Alberto, Rossi, Paolo, Dello Strologo, Luca, Palma, Paolo

Source: Transplantation. 98(3):259-266

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

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

Source: In Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease September-October 2021 43

First detection of SARS-CoV-2 lineage A.27 in Sardinia, Italy.

Authors: Lo Presti, Alessandra, Coghe, Ferdinando, Di Martino, Angela, Fais, Sara, Cappai, Riccardo, Marra, Manuela, Carollo, Maria, Crescenzi, Marco, Orrù, Germano, Rezza, Giovanni, Stefanelli, Paola

Source: Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita; 2022, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p1-5, 5p

Human Infection with Highly Pathogenic A(H7N7) Avian Influenza Virus, Italy, 2013.

Authors: Puzelli, Simona¹, simona.puzelli@iss.it, Rossini, Giada², Facchini, Marzia¹, Vaccari, Gabriele¹, Di Trani, Livia¹, Di Martino, Angela¹, Gaibani, Paolo², Vocale, Caterina², Cattoli, Giovanni³, Bennett, Michael⁴, McCauley, John W.⁴, Rezza, Giovanni¹, Moro, Maria Luisa⁵, Rangoni, Roberto⁵, Finarelli, Alba Carola⁵, Landini, Maria Paola², Castrucci, Maria Rita¹, Donatelli, Isabella¹

Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases; Oct2014, Vol. 20 Issue 10, p1745-1749, 5p

Characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern B.1.1.7, B.1.351 or P.1: data from seven EU/EEA countries, weeks 38/2020 to 10/2021.

Authors: Funk, Tjede, Pharris, Anastasia, Spiteri, Gianfranco, Bundle, Nick, Melidou, Angeliki, Carr, Michael, Gonzalez, Gabriel, Garcia-Leon, Alejandro, Crispie, Fiona, O'Connor, Lois, Murphy, Niamh, Mossong, Joël, Vergison, Anne, Wienecke-Baldacchino, Anke K., Abdelrahman, Tamir, Riccardo, Flavia, Stefanelli, Paola, Di Martino, Angela, Bella, Antonino, Lo Presti, Alessandra

Source: Eurosurveillance (15607917); 4/22/2021, Vol. 26 Issue 16, p2-11, 10p

Multiplex Real-Time Reverse-Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assays for Diagnostic Testing of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and Seasonal Influenza Viruses: A Challenge of the Phase 3 Pandemic Setting.

Authors: Mancini, Fabiola, Barbanti, Fabrizio, Scaturro, Maria, Fontana, Stefano, Martino, Angela Di, Marsili, Giulia, Puzelli, Simona, Calzoletti, Laura, Facchini, Marzia, Mario, Giuseppina Di, Fabiani, Concetta, Bella, Antonino, Riccardo, Flavia, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Stefanelli, Paola, Rezza, Giovanni, Ciervo, Alessandra, Team, Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS) COVID-19, Di Martino, Angela, Di Mario, Giuseppina

Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases; 3/1/2021, Vol. 223 Issue 5, p765-774, 10p

Subject Terms: DIAGNOSTIC use of polymerase chain reaction, INFLUENZA viruses, SEASONAL influenza, COVID-19, INFLUENZA, PANDEMICS