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- * Of the nine individuals who tested positive for antibodies, none showed evidence of active infection as they were negative for viral RNA in nasopharyngeal swabs.
- * These findings indicate that the region is far from achieving herd immunity, emphasizing the necessity of continued containment measures to curb the pandemic's spread.
Article Abstract
Here we present results from a survey on anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence in healthy blood donors from a low incidence coronavirus disease 2019 area (Apulia region, South Eastern Italy). Among 904 subjects tested, only in nine cases (0.99%) antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were demonstrated. All the nine seropositive patients were negative for the research of viral RNA by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction 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.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7436723 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26425 | DOI Listing |
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