Detection of IgM, IgG and SARS-CoV-2 RNA among the personnel of the University of Milan, March through May 2020: the UNICORN study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In Italy, the pandemic of COVID-19 resulted in congestion of hospitals and laboratories and probably determined an underestimation of the number of infected subjects, as the molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection was mainly performed on hospitalised patients. Therefore, limited data are available about the number of asymptomatic/paucisymptomatic subjects in the general population across time. To understand SARS-CoV-2 infection in the general population, we have developed a cross-sectional study (the 'UNIversity against CORoNavirus study') to investigate infection trends in asymptomatic/paucisymptomatic subjects in Milan (Italy), between March and June 2020.

Participants

The study population included 2023 subjects asymptomatic at the enrolment.

Primary outc

SUBMITTER: Milani GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7992385 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature