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Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among Swiss hospital workers: Results of a prospective cohort study
- Source :
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2020.
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Abstract
- In this prospective cohort of 1,012 Swiss hospital employees, 3 different assays were used to screen serum for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Seropositivity was 1%; the positive predictive values of the lateral-flow immunoassay were 64% (IgG) and 13% (IgM). History of fever and myalgia most effectively differentiated seropositive and seronegative participants.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Microbiology (medical)
myalgia
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Epidemiology
Antibodies, Viral
01 natural sciences
Immunoglobulin G
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Internal medicine
Prevalence
medicine
Humans
Prospective Studies
030212 general & internal medicine
0101 mathematics
Young adult
Prospective cohort study
Immunoassay
biology
medicine.diagnostic_test
SARS-CoV-2
business.industry
Concise Communication
010102 general mathematics
COVID-19
Middle Aged
Personnel, Hospital
Infectious Diseases
Immunoglobulin M
biology.protein
Female
medicine.symptom
Antibody
business
Switzerland
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15596834 and 0899823X
- Volume :
- 42
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....555919cd05f33a4d7452257bd96035da
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.1244