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. 2015 Jun 18;3(3):e00639-15.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00639-15.

Molecular Characterization of the First Ebola Virus Isolated in Italy, from a Health Care Worker Repatriated from Sierra Leone

Concetta Castilletti  1 , Fabrizio Carletti  1 , Cesare E M Gruber  1 , Licia Bordi  1 , Eleonora Lalle  1 , Serena Quartu  1 , Silvia Meschi  1 , Daniele Lapa  1 , Francesca Colavita  1 , Roberta Chiappini  1 , Antonio Mazzarelli  1 , Patrizia Marsella  1 , Nicola Petrosillo  1 , Emanuele Nicastri  1 , Giovanni Chillemi  2 , Alessio Valentini, Alessandro Desideri, Antonino Di Caro  1 , Giuseppe Ippolito  1 , Maria R Capobianchi  3
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Molecular Characterization of the First Ebola Virus Isolated in Italy, from a Health Care Worker Repatriated from Sierra Leone

Concetta Castilletti et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of an Ebola virus (EBOV) isolated from a health worker repatriated from Sierra Leone to Italy in November 2014. The sequence, clustering in clade 3 of the Sierra Leone sequences, was analyzed with respect to mutations possibly affecting diagnostic and therapeutic targets as well as virulence.

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