SARS‐CoV‐2 diagnostics in the virology laboratory of a University Hospital in Rome during the lockdown period

O Turriziani, I Sciandra, L Mazzuti… - Journal of medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Italy was one of the most affected nations by coronavirus disease 2019 outside China. The
infections, initially limited to Northern Italy, spread to all other Italian regions. This study aims …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, Verona, Italy, April–May 2020

M Guerriero, Z Bisoffi, A Poli, C Micheletto… - Emerging Infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We used random sampling to estimate the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 infection in Verona, Italy. Of 1,515 participants, 2.6% tested positive by …

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

JR Fiore, M Centra, A De Carlo… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[PDF][PDF] Seroprevalence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population of the southern Switzerland (Canton Ticino)–cohort study, results at 12 months

O Beretta, SC Pagani, M Lazzaro, G Merlani… - Swiss Medical …, 2021 - smw.ch
AIMS OF THE STUDY: A new emerging severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and then spread …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 quantitative real time PCR and viral loads analysis among asymptomatic and symptomatic patients: an observational study on an outbreak in …

L Cardillo, C de Martinis, M Viscardi, C Esposito… - Infectious Agents and …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background In December 2019 an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 was first observed in Wuhan, China. The virus has spread rapidly throughout …

Epidemiological and clinical features of asymptomatic patients with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection

T Xu, R Huang, L Zhu, J Wang, J Cheng… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Few studies reported the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2)
infected patients with completely asymptomatic throughout the disease course. We …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in an area of unrestricted viral circulation: Mass seroepidemiological screening in Castiglione d'Adda, Italy

G Pagani, A Giacomelli, F Conti, D Bernacchia… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Castiglione D'Adda is one of the municipalities more precociously and severely affected by
the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) epidemic in …

[HTML][HTML] A preliminary study on serological assay for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 238 admitted hospital patients

L Liu, W Liu, Y Zheng, X Jiang, G Kou, J Ding… - Microbes and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of serological assay for SARS-CoV-
2. A newly-developed ELISA assay for IgM and IgG antibodies against N protein of SARS …

Trend of respiratory pathogens during the COVID-19 epidemic

G Sberna, A Amendola, MB Valli, F Carletti… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In Italy, the first SARS-CoV-2 infections were diagnosed in Rome, Lazio region, at the end of
January 2020, but sustained transmission occurred later, since the end of February. From 1 …

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of 26 asymptomatic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 carriers

Y Pan, X Yu, X Du, Q Li, X Li, T Qin… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background We retrospectively analyzed 26 persistently asymptomatic severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) carriers. Methods Epidemiological and …