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

Clara Fappani; Maria Gori; Silvia Bianchi; Marta Canuti; Daniela Colzani; Melissa Baggieri; Silvia Gioacchini; Emilio D’Ugo; Elisabetta Tanzi; Fabio Magurano; Antonella Amendola

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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
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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

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Citation style for this article: Fappani Clara, Gori Maria, Bianchi Silvia, Canuti Marta, Colzani Daniela, Baggieri Melissa, Gioacchini Silvia, D’Ugo Emilio, Tanzi Elisabetta, Magurano Fabio, Amendola Antonella. Letter to the editor: Further identification of a measles variant displaying mutations impacting molecular diagnostics, Northern Italy, 2024. Euro Surveill. 2024;29(7):pii=2400079. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.29.7.2400079 Received: 07 Feb 2024; Accepted: 14 Feb 2024

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