Missouriwatcher
Editor, Senior Moderator
Sage Journals:
Giovanni Apolone, Emanuele Montomoli, Alessandro Manenti, Mattia Boeri,Federica Sabia, Inesa Hyseni, Livia Mazzini, Donata Martinuzzi, Laura Cantone, Gianluca Milanese, Stefano Sestini, Paola Suatoni, Alfonso Marchian?, Valentina Bollati, Gabriella Sozzi, Ugo Pastorino
First published 2020 Nov 11;300891620974755.
... SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific antibodies were detected in 111 of 959 (11.6%) individuals, starting from September 2019 (14%), with a cluster of positive cases (>30%) in the second week of February 2020 and the highest number (53.2%) in Lombardy. This study shows an unexpected very early circulation of SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic individuals in Italy several months before the first patient was identified, and clarifies the onset and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Finding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in asymptomatic people before the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy may reshape the history of pandemic...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0300891620974755
Giovanni Apolone, Emanuele Montomoli, Alessandro Manenti, Mattia Boeri,Federica Sabia, Inesa Hyseni, Livia Mazzini, Donata Martinuzzi, Laura Cantone, Gianluca Milanese, Stefano Sestini, Paola Suatoni, Alfonso Marchian?, Valentina Bollati, Gabriella Sozzi, Ugo Pastorino
First published 2020 Nov 11;300891620974755.
... SARS-CoV-2 RBD-specific antibodies were detected in 111 of 959 (11.6%) individuals, starting from September 2019 (14%), with a cluster of positive cases (>30%) in the second week of February 2020 and the highest number (53.2%) in Lombardy. This study shows an unexpected very early circulation of SARS-CoV-2 among asymptomatic individuals in Italy several months before the first patient was identified, and clarifies the onset and spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Finding SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in asymptomatic people before the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy may reshape the history of pandemic...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0300891620974755