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Repeated leftover serosurvey of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, Greece, March and April 2020.
- Source :
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Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2020 Aug; Vol. 25 (31). - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A serosurvey of IgG antibodies against severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was performed during March and April 2020. Among 6,586 leftover sera, 24 (0.36%) were positive, with higher prevalence in females, older individuals and residents of large urban areas. Seroprevalence was estimated at 0.02% and 0.25%, respectively, in March and April, infection fatality rate at 2.66% and 0.54%. Our findings confirm low COVID-19 incidence in Greece and possibly the effectiveness of early measures.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Antibodies, Viral blood
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronavirus isolation & purification
Coronavirus Infections virology
Female
Greece epidemiology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral virology
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Sex Distribution
Young Adult
Coronavirus immunology
Coronavirus Infections epidemiology
Immunoglobulin G blood
Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1560-7917
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 31
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32762796
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.31.2001369