id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-284954-uuqchon4 Plebani, Mario SARS-CoV-2 antibody-based SURVEILLANCE: New light in the SHADOW 2020-11-05 .txt text/plain 963 48 44 The paper by Perico and coworkers, published in this issue of EBioMedicine, is a comprehensive analysis of the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Bergamo province, an area of Italy that experienced a massive COVID-19 outbreak, with its epicenter in the whole Lombardy region. Furthermore, in a study performed in Iceland on the measurement of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, it is estimated that 44% of individuals infected with the virus were not diagnosed by quantitative polymerase-chain-reaction (qPCR) thus confirming the risk of under-diagnosis on using molecular testing alone [2] . The paper by Perico and colleagues is welcome for several reasons: first, it confirms the usefulness of SARS-CoV-2 antibody assay for a better knowledge of the spread of the infection in a specific population or subpopulation, and for avoiding the risk of under-diagnosis when using rRT-PCR testing alone. ./cache/cord-284954-uuqchon4.txt ./txt/cord-284954-uuqchon4.txt