TY - JOUR AU - Amendola, Antonella AU - Bianchi, Silvia AU - Gori, Maria AU - Colzani, Daniela AU - Canuti, Marta AU - Borghi, Elisa AU - Raviglione, Mario AU - Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo AU - Tanzi, Elisabetta T1 - Evidence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in an Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen, Milan, Italy, Early December 2019 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 648 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We identified severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 RNA in an oropharyngeal swab specimen collected from a child with suspected measles in early December 2019, ≈3 months before the first identified coronavirus disease case in Italy. This finding expands our knowledge on timing and mapping of novel coronavirus transmission pathways. KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - viruses KW - respiratory infections KW - zoonoses KW - SARS-CoV-2 RNA KW - oropharyngeal swab KW - skin manifestations KW - Milan KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid2702.204632 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/2/20-4632_article ER - End of Reference