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. 2020 Aug:78:161-163.
doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2020.06.010. Epub 2020 Jun 9.

SARS-CoV-2 infection among asymptomatic homebound subjects in Milan, Italy

Gregorio Paolo Milani  1 , Emanuele Montomoli  2 ; UNICORN Consortium investigators; Valentina Bollati  3 , Benedetta Albetti  4 , Claudio Bandi  5 , Tommaso Bellini  6 , Matteo Bonzini  7 , Marco Buscaglia  6 , Carlo Cantarella  4 , Laura Cantone  4 , Michele Carugno  7 , Sergio Casartelli  8 , Guido Cavaletti  9 , Sarah D'Alessandro  10 , Francesca De Chiara  8 , Serena Delbue  10 , Laura Dioni  4 , Ivano Eberini  11 , Chiara Favero  4 , Luca Ferrari  4 , Monica Ferraroni  12 , Laura Galastri  8 , Cristina Galli  13 , Mirjam Hoxha  4 , Simona Iodice  4 , Carlo La Vecchia  12 , Chiara Macchi  11 , Ilaria Manini  2 , Serena Marchi  2 , Jacopo Mariani  4 , Elena Pariani  13 , Angela Cecilia Pesatori  7 , Federica Rota  14 , Massimiliano Ruscica  11 , Tommaso Schioppo  15 , Letizia Tarantini  4 , Claudia Maria Trombetta  2 , Maria Grazia Valsecchi  16 , Marco Vicenzi  17 , Giuliano Zanchetta  6
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SARS-CoV-2 infection among asymptomatic homebound subjects in Milan, Italy

Gregorio Paolo Milani et al. Eur J Intern Med. 2020 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Asymptomatic carriers; COVID-19; Immunoglobulins; Nasal swab; SARS-CoV-2; UNICORN; Viral RNA.

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Upper panel. Venn diagram showing the number of asymptomatic subjects testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 for RNA in the nasal mid-turbinate (violet circle), for circulating IgM (red circle), IgG (green circle), and Total Ab (blue circle). Lower panel. Histogram showing the frequency and percentage of subjects testing positive for IgM, IgG and Total antibodies (Total Ab). (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)
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