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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Med Virol
. 2020 Aug 13.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26425. Online ahead of print.
Results from a survey in healthy blood donors in South Eastern Italy indicate that we are far away from herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Jos? Ram?n Fiore[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michele Centra[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Armando De Carlo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tommaso Granato[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Annamaria Rosa[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michelina Sarno[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lucia De Feo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mariantonietta Di Stefano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria D' Errico[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sergio Lo Caputo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rosella De Nittis[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Fabio Arena[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Gaetano Corso[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Maurizio Margaglione[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Teresa Antonia Santantonio[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Here we present results from a survey on anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthy blood donors from a low incidence COVID-19 area (Apulia region, South Eastern Italy). Among 904 subjects tested, only in 9 cases (0.99%) antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were demonstrated. All the 9 seropositive patients were negative for the research of viral RNA by RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs. These data, along with those recently reported from other countries, clearly show that we are very far from herd immunity and that the containment measures are at the moment the only realistic instrument we have to slow the spread of the pandemic. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Humoral immunity; Immune responses; Public policy; SARS coronavirus; Social Science; Virus classification.
. 2020 Aug 13.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26425. Online ahead of print.
Results from a survey in healthy blood donors in South Eastern Italy indicate that we are far away from herd immunity to SARS-CoV-2
Jos? Ram?n Fiore[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Michele Centra[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Armando De Carlo[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Tommaso Granato[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Annamaria Rosa[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Michelina Sarno[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lucia De Feo[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Mariantonietta Di Stefano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria D' Errico[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sergio Lo Caputo[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Rosella De Nittis[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Fabio Arena[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Gaetano Corso[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Maurizio Margaglione[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Teresa Antonia Santantonio[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32790086
- DOI: 10.1002/jmv.26425
Abstract
Here we present results from a survey on anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthy blood donors from a low incidence COVID-19 area (Apulia region, South Eastern Italy). Among 904 subjects tested, only in 9 cases (0.99%) antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were demonstrated. All the 9 seropositive patients were negative for the research of viral RNA by RT-PCR in nasopharyngeal swabs. These data, along with those recently reported from other countries, clearly show that we are very far from herd immunity and that the containment measures are at the moment the only realistic instrument we have to slow the spread of the pandemic. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Humoral immunity; Immune responses; Public policy; SARS coronavirus; Social Science; Virus classification.