SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence rates of children seeking medical care in Louisiana during the state stay at home order.

Authors :: Dietrich ML
Norton EB
Elliott D
Smira AR
Raviv O
Sasson DJ
Monk CH
Michael ML
Rogers N
Rouelle JA
Bond NG
Aime-Marcelin K
Prystowsky A
Kemnitz R
Sarma A
Himmelfarb ST
Sharma N
Stone AE
Craver R
Lindrose AR
Smitley LA
Uddo RB
Myers L
Drury SS
Schieffelin JS
Robinson JE
Zwezdaryk KJ
Source :: Journal of clinical virology plus [J Clin Virol Plus] 2021 Dec; Vol. 1 (4), pp. 100047. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 14.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Serologic testing of residual blood samples from 812 children from a hospital in New Orleans, LA, between March and May 2020, demonstrated a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 6.8% based on S and N protein IgG; Black and Hispanic children, and children living in zip codes with lower household incomes were over-represented.<br />Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.<br /> (© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.)

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