ICGEB COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Publications

Surveillance and sequencing

Bitew M, Hailu G, Tsegay Y. G, Tuki K, Asmamaw K, Tesfaye K, Dadi H, Orsini E, Dal Monego S, Licastro D, Marcello A. SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequence Obtained from Ethiopia, Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022, doi: 10.1128/mra.01182-21

Paulino-Ramirez R, Riego E, Vallejo-Degaudenzi A, Calderon V. V, Tapia L, León P, Licastro D., Dal Monego S, Rajasekharan S, Orsini E, Marcello A. Whole-Genome Sequences of SARS-CoV-2 Isolates from the Dominican Republic, Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021, doi: 10.1128/MRA.00952-21

Giovanetti M, Cella E, Benedetti F, Rife Magalis B, Fonseca V, Fabris S, Campisi G, Ciccozzi A, Angeletti S, Borsetti A, Tambone V, Sagnelli C, Pascarella S, Riva A, Ceccarelli G, Marcello A, Azarian T, Wilkinson E, de Oliveira T, Alcantara L. C. J, Cauda R, Caruso A, Dean N. E, Browne C, Lourenco J, Salemi M, Zella D, Ciccozzi M. SARS-CoV-2 shifting transmission dynamics and hidden reservoirs potentially limit efficacy of public health interventions in Italy, Comm. Biol. 2021, doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02025-0

Al-Rashedi N. A. M, Licastro D, Rajasekharan S, Dal Monego S, Marcello A, Munahi M. G, Odda B. S, Alabdali Y. A. J, AlObaidi L. A. H, Jasim A, Abdulzahra I. A, Kadhim K, Awad A, Bachay M. Genome Sequencing of a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Isolate from Iraq, Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021, doi: 10.1128/MRA.01316-20

Alm E, Broberg E. K, Connor T, Hodcroft E. B, Komissarov A. B, Maurer-Stroh S, Melidou A, Neher R. A, O’Toole Á, Pereyaslov D, WHO European Region sequencing laboratories and GISAID EpiCoV group. Geographical and temporal distribution of SARS-CoV-2 clades in the WHO European Region, January to June 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020, doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.32.2001410

Licastro D, Rajasekharan S, Dal Monego S, Segat L, D’Agaro P, Marcello A. Isolation and Full-Length Genome Characterization of SARS-CoV-2 from COVID-19 Cases in Northern Italy, J Virol. 2020, doi: 10.1128/JVI.00543-20

Mora-Cárdenas E, Aloise C, Faoro V, Knap Gašper N, Korva M, Caracciolo I, D’Agaro P, Avšič-Županc T, Marcello A. Comparative specificity and sensitivity of NS1-based serological assays for the detection of flavivirus immune response.PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2020 Jan 29; 14 (1): e0008039. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008039

Diagnostics

Baba M. M, Bitew M, Fokam J, Lelo E. A, Ahidjo A, Asmamaw K, Beloumou G. A, Bulimo W. D, Buratti E, Chenwi C, Dadi H, D’Agaro P, De Conti L, Fainguem N, Gadzama G, Maiuri P, Majanja J, Meshack W, Ndjolo A, Nkenfou C, Oderinde B. S, Opanda S. M, Segat L, Stuani C, Symekher S. L, Takou D, Tesfaye K, Triolo G, Tuki K, Zacchigna S, Marcello A. Diagnostic performance of a colorimetric RT -LAMP for the identification of SARS-CoV-2: A multicenter prospective clinical evaluation in sub-Saharan Africa, EClinicalMedicine 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.101101

Lombardo F, Triolo G, Yang B, Liu Z, Maiuri P, Orsini E, Jin W, Zacchigna S, Marcello A. Diagnostic Performance of a Rapid Antigen Test Compared with the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Asymptomatic Individuals Referring to a Drive-in Testing Facility, COVID 2021, doi: 10.3390/covid1040063

Therapy

Rajasekharan S, Milan Bonotto R, Nascimento Alves L, Kazungu Y, Poggianella M, Martinez-Orellana P, Skoko N, Polez S, Marcello A. Inhibitors of Protein Glycosylation Are Active against the Coronavirus Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, Viruses 2021, doi: 10.3390/v13050808

Milani M, Donalisio M, Milan Bonotto R, Schneider E, Arduino I, Boni F, Lembo D, Marcello A, Mastrangelo E. Combined in silico and in vitro approaches identified the antipsychotic drug lurasidone and the antiviral drug elbasvir as SARS-CoV2 and HCoV-OC43 inhibitors, Antiviral Res. 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2021.105055

Marcello A, Civra A, Milan Bonotto R, Nascimento Alves L, Rajasekharan S, Giacobone C, Caccia C, Cavalli R, Adami M, Brambilla P, Lembo D, Poli G, Leoni V. The cholesterol metabolite 27-hydroxycholesterol inhibits SARS-CoV-2 and is markedly decreased in COVID-19 patients, Redox Biology 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101682

Salton F, Confalonieri P, Meduri G. U, Santus P, Harari S, Scala R, Lanini S, Vertui V, Oggionni T, Caminati A, Patruno V, Tamburrini M, Scartabellati A, Parati M, Villani M, Radovanovic D, Tomassetti S, Ravaglia C, Poletti V, Vianello A, Gaccione A. T, Guidelli L, Raccanelli R, Lucernoni P, Lacedonia D, Foschino Barbaro M. P, Centanni S, Mondoni M, Davì M, Fantin A, Cao X, Torelli L, Zucchetto A, Montico M, Casarin A, Romagnoli M, Gasparini S, Bonifazi M, D’Agaro P, Marcello A, Licastro D, Ruaro B, Volpe M. C, Umberger R, Confalonieri M. Prolonged Low-Dose Methylprednisolone in Patients With Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia, Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020, doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa421