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Editor-in-chief
Maria Stella Graziani
Deputy Director
Martina Zaninotto
Associate Editors
Ferruccio Ceriotti
Davide Giavarina
Bruna Lo Sasso
Giampaolo Merlini
Martina Montagnana
Andrea Mosca
Paola Pezzati
Rossella Tomaiuolo
Matteo Vidali
EIC Assistant
Francesco Busardò
International Advisory Board
Khosrow Adeli Canada
Sergio Bernardini Italy
Marcello Ciaccio Italy
Eleftherios Diamandis Canada
Philippe Gillery France
Kjell Grankvist Sweden
Hans Jacobs The Netherlands
Eric Kilpatrick UK
Magdalena Krintus Poland
Giuseppe Lippi Italy
Mario Plebani Italy
Sverre Sandberg Norway
Ana-Maria Simundic Croatia
Tommaso Trenti Italy
Cas Weykamp The Netherlands
Maria Willrich USA
Paul Yip Canada
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Biomedia srl
Via L. Temolo 4, 20126 Milano
Responsible Editor
Giuseppe Agosta
Editorial Secretary
Chiara Riva
Biomedia srl
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Tel. 0245498282
email: biochimica.clinica@sibioc.it
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ISSN print: 0393 – 0564
ISSN digital: 0392- 7091
BC: Articoli scritti da A. Baldini
Prevalenza di anticorpi anti-SARS-CoV-2 in una popolazione di operatori sanitari e amministrativi di un ospedale toscano
Serum prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody in a population of health care and administrative workers in a hospital in Tuscany (Italy).
<p>Introduction: the challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic forced scientific community to focus their efforts to improve diagnosis and management of patients. The recognized gold standard for the diagnosis is the reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) on orofaringeal and nasal swabs. Recently, the antibody detection surge to attention with the aim of estimating the epidemiological impact of the pandemic.<br />Methods: the Screen Test COVID-19 2019-nCov IgG/IgM (Screen Italia, Perugia, Italy) an immunochromatographic lateral flow test has been used to assess the immunological status of 356 asymptomatic healthcare and administrative workers of our hospital.<br />Results: only 26 (7.3%) of the screened subjects was positive for IgM and/or IgG anti SARS-CoV-2 virus although the beginning of the epidemic in Tuscany can be dated two months before. The RT-PCR performed on these samples revealed that only 5 (19%) of them were positive for viral RNA on orofaringeal swab.<br />Conclusions: antibody detection will be of great value in the near future to assess global pandemic impact on population and to drive health policy for the lock down release.</p>
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