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

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    Table 1: Rigor

    EthicsConsent: Each blood donor signed an informed consent to be enrolled in the
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2: Qualitative determination of serum total anti-Sars Cov 2 antibodies was performed as described elsewhere [16].
    anti-SARS-CoV-2
    suggested: None
    anti-Sars Cov 2
    suggested: (Thermo Fisher Scientific Cat# PA1-43534, RRID:AB_923442)
    Positive samples were then tested for the presence of specific IgG antibodies using the anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG reagent kit (Pencoed Bridgend, UK).
    anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    All the analysis was performed using the SPSS software package (version 19.0) and Windows Excel®.
    SPSS
    suggested: (SPSS, RRID:SCR_002865)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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