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In February and March 2020, two mass swab testing campaigns were conducted in Vo', Italy. In May 2020, we tested 86% of the Vo' population with three immuno-assays detecting antibodies against the spike and nucleocapsid antigens, a neutralisation assay and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Subjects testing positive to PCR in February/March or a serological assay in May were tested again in November. Here we report on the results of the analysis of the May and November surveys. We estimate a seroprevalence of 3.5% (95% Credible Interval (CrI): 2.8-4.3%) in May. In November, 98.8% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 93.7-100.0%) of sera which tested positive in May still reacted against at least one antigen; 18.6% (95% CI: 11.0-28.5%) showed an increase of antibody or neutralisation reactivity from May. Analysis of the serostatus of the members of 1,118 households indicates a 26.0% (95% CrI: 17.2-36.9%) Susceptible-Infectious Transmission Probability. Contact tracing had limited impact on epidemic suppression.

Original publication

DOI

10.1038/s41467-021-24622-7

Type

Journal article

Journal

Nature communications

Publication Date

19/07/2021

Volume

12

Addresses

MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis and the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK. i.dorigatti@imperial.ac.uk.

Keywords

Humans, Nucleocapsid, Immunoglobulin G, Immunoglobulin M, Antibodies, Viral, Serologic Tests, Contact Tracing, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Italy, Female, Male, Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 Testing, COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing