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The Bergamo area was one of the most affected by the new coronavirus in the world, with a prevalence of positive cases greater than that of New York, London and Madrid: this is indicated by the research carried out last May by the ‘Institute Mario Negri from Bergamo and published in the journal EBioMedicine (The Lancet group).
The research, by Giuseppe Remuzzi’s group and whose first author is Luca Perico, indicates that 38.5% of the 423 volunteers who underwent nasopharyngeal swabs to search for viral particles tested positive for the SarsCov2 virus and two types of serological tests for the detection of antibodies. Extending the data to the province, it can be assumed that 96% of COVID-19 infections were not detected by the health system.
“Bergamo – observe the authors of the research – is one of the most affected areas in the world with an HIV prevalence that far exceeds the estimates of New York (19.9%), London (17.5%) and Madrid ( 11.3%). 423 volunteers involved in the research, 133 are Mario Negri researchers and 290 employees of the Brembo Company.
38.5% of the volunteers tested positive in serology and developed antibodies against the new coronavirus. The researchers calculated that, when extending the data to the entire population of the province of Bergamo, “it can be assumed that 420,000 people have come into contact with the virus, compared to 16,000 in the official data as of September 25, 2020.” – It would indicate that 96% of Covid-19 infections have not been detected by the health system ”.
the asymptomatic people could help fight the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to its immune cells capable of fighting the virus. Remuzzi Notes. Research, he says, “shows that” more than 90% of infections went undetected by our National Health Service. That is, he observed, that the real figures are 25 times higher than the official ones ”, observed the coordinator of the study. However, he added, “this is not necessarily bad news.”
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