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Daniele Focosi1, Fabrizio Maggi2
1North-Western Tuscany Blood Bank, Pisa University Hospital, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Discovery Medicine
|September 26, 2024
Abstract:
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variant of interest BA.2.87.1 has not driven any Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wave. Nevertheless, it has served to test the reaction times of modern virology laboratories. In this commentary, we highlight how fast the reaction has been at characterizing this sublineage, leading at an unprecedented pace to almost as many papers as the number of viral sequences.

