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Marta Giovanetti

Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Publications -  250
Citations -  11217

Marta Giovanetti is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Biology. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 175 publications receiving 7143 citations. Previous affiliations of Marta Giovanetti include Sapienza University of Rome & Università Campus Bio-Medico.

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Detection of a SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern in South Africa.

TL;DR: A newly arisen lineage of SARS-CoV-2 (designated 501Y.V2) was identified in South Africa after the first wave of the epidemic in a severely affected metropolitan area (Nelson Mandela Bay) that is located on the coast of the Eastern Cape province.
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Emergence and rapid spread of a new severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage with multiple spike mutations in South Africa

Houriiyah Tegally, +60 more
- 22 Dec 2020 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a new SARS-CoV-2 lineage (501Y.V2) characterised by eight lineage-defining mutations in the spike protein, including three at important residues in the receptor-binding domain (K417N, E484K and N501Y).
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Zika virus in the Americas: Early epidemiological and genetic findings

Nuno R. Faria, +60 more
- 15 Apr 2016 - 
TL;DR: Results of phylogenetic and molecular clock analyses show a single introduction of ZikV into the Americas, which is estimated to have occurred between May and December 2013, more than 12 months before the detection of ZIKV in Brazil.
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The 2019-new coronavirus epidemic: Evidence for virus evolution.

TL;DR: The phylogenetic tree showed that 2019‐nCoV significantly clustered with bat SARS‐like coronavirus sequence isolated in 2015, whereas structural analysis revealed mutation in Spike Glycoprotein and nucleocapsid protein.