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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies after First 6 Months of COVID-19 Pandemic, Portugal

Authors :
Dalila Alves
Andreia C. Gomes
Rita A. Ribeiro
Marta Serrano
Luisa Canto e Castro
Germano de Sousa
Maria M. Mota
Cláudia Lobato da Silva
Marc Veldhoen
Luís Veloso
Bruno Silva-Santos
Ruy M. Ribeiro
Vera Vicente
Ângela Afonso
Inês Domingues
Catarina Alves
Maria José Rego de Sousa
Ana Helena Guia Pereira
José Germano Rego de Sousa
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 27, Iss 11, Pp 2878-2881 (2021), Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2021.

Abstract

In September 2020, we tested 13,398 persons in Portugal for antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 by using a quota sample stratified by age and population density. We found a seroprevalence of 2.2%, 3–4 times larger than the official number of cases at the end of the first wave of the pandemic.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
27
Issue :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....25d93aef407f9a0698cd0ea952f08dc8