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.
Keywords: SARS coronavirus; humoral immunity; immune responses; public policy; social science; virus classification.
【저자키워드】 Humoral immunity, immune responses, public policy, SARS Coronavirus, virus classification, social science, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, pandemic, Immunity, antibody, Italy, virus, immune, Spread, nasopharyngeal swabs, Research, Patient, reverse transcription, Viral RNA, incidence, seropositive, humoral, acute respiratory syndrome, subject, South, Apulia, Containment measure, polymerase chain, tested, reported, nine, demonstrated, healthy blood donor, 【제목키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Immunity, Italy, South, Result, healthy blood donor,