Public health authorities have set alarm bells ringing as a potent mix of COVID-19, influenza, RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus), and the highly contagious norovirus, dubbed as the 'quad-demic', is creating a degree of strain on hospitals and emergency rooms nationwide. Over the winter season, it is quite common to see an escalation in the activity…
Contact tracing has played a crucial role in understanding SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics since the pandemic's inception. In this context, the analysis of quasispecies through intra-host single nucleotide variants (iSNVs) has proven to be a particularly helpful instrument for outbreak investigations. This article presents a study conducted in Brescia Civic Hospital to understand the virus transmission…