Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Healthcare Personnel During the First Month of Caring for COVID-19 Patients - Nashville, Tennessee
AUTHORS
Stubblefield
WB ,
Talbot
HK ,
Feldstein
L ,
Tenforde
MW ,
Rasheed
MAU ,
Mills
L ,
Lester
SN ,
Freeman
B ,
Thornburg
NJ ,
Jones
ID ,
Ward
MJ ,
Lindsell
CJ ,
Baughman
A ,
Halasa
N ,
Grijalva
CG ,
Rice
TW ,
Patel
MM ,
Self
WH ,
,
. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2020 7 6; ().
- PMID: 32628750 [PubMed].
ABSTRACT
Among 249 healthcare personnel who worked in hospital units with COVID-19 patients for one month, 19 (7.6%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Only 11 (57.9%) of the 19 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms of a prior illness, suggesting asymptomatic healthcare personnel could be an important source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
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