Letter to the editor: Further identification of a measles variant displaying mutations impacting molecular diagnostics, Northern Italy, 2024

Clara Fappani^{1

2

3

4}, Maria Gori^{1

3

4}, Silvia Bianchi^{1

3}, Marta Canuti⁵, Daniela Colzani^{1

3}, Melissa Baggieri⁶, Silvia Gioacchini⁶, Emilio D'Ugo⁶, Elisabetta Tanzi^{1

3}, Fabio Magurano⁶, Antonella Amendola^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
³ Coordinated Research Center "EpiSoMI", Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.
⁵ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

Clara Fappani et al. Euro Surveill. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;29(7):2400079.

doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.29.7.2400079.

¹ Department of Health Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
³ Coordinated Research Center "EpiSoMI", Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
⁴ These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.
⁵ Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
⁶ Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Keywords: Italy; Measles; Molecular methods; Surveillance; Variants.

Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: None declared.

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