Antonio Piralla, Federica Giardina, Guglielmo Ferrari, Stefano Gaiarsa, Greta Romano, Laura Pellegrinelli, Cristina Galli, Arlinda Seiti, Sandro Binda, Antonino Maria Guglielmo Pitrolo, Angelo Genoni, Francesca Drago Ferrante, Federica Novazzi, Nicasio Mancini, Francesca Rovida, Elena Pariani, Fausto Baldanti
Echovirus 11 (E11) has gained attention owing to its association with severe neonatal infections. Due to the limited data available, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers public health risk to the general population to be low. The present study investigated the genetic variation and molecular evolution of E11 genomes collected from May to December 2023. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed for 16 E11 strains. Phylogenetic analysis on WG showed how all Italian strains belonged to genogroup D5, similarly to other E11 strains recently reported in France and Germany all together aggregated into separate clusters...
May 2024: Journal of Medical Virology