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Increased SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthy blood donors after the second pandemic wave in South-Eastern Italy: evidence for asymptomatic young donors as potential virus spreaders

Francescopaolo Antonuccia Transfusion Medicine Centre, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti" Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Josè Ramòn Fioreb Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Ospedali Riuniti” Foggia, Foggia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lucia De Feoa Transfusion Medicine Centre, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti" Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Tommaso Granatoa Transfusion Medicine Centre, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti" Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Mariantonietta Di Stefanob Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Ospedali Riuniti” Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Giuseppina Faleob Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Ospedali Riuniti” Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Ahmed Mohamed Farhanc Department of General Courses, College of Applied Studies and Community Service, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Maurizio Margaglioned Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Genetics, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Ospedali Riuniti” Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Michele Centraa Transfusion Medicine Centre, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti" Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Teresa Antonia Santantoniob Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University Hospital “Ospedali Riuniti” Foggia, Foggia, Italy
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Pages 241-246 | Received 03 Aug 2021, Accepted 04 Nov 2021, Published online: 16 Nov 2021

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