Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among hospital workers in a German tertiary care center: A sequential follow-up study.

Authors :: Brehm TT
Schwinge D
Lampalzer S
Schlicker V
Küchen J
Thompson M
Ullrich F
Huber S
Schmiedel S
Addo MM
Lütgehetmann M
Knobloch JK
Schulze Zur Wiesch J
Lohse AW
Source :: International journal of hygiene and environmental health [Int J Hyg Environ Health] 2021 Mar; Vol. 232, pp. 113671. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 30.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: We sequentially assessed the presence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in 1253 hospital workers including 1026 HCWs at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf at three time points during the early phase of the epidemic. By the end of the study in July 2020, the overall seroprevalence was 1.8% (n = 22), indicating the overall effectiveness of infection control interventions in mitigating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in hospital workers.<br /> (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Adult
COVID-19 epidemiology
COVID-19 immunology
Female
Germany
Humans
Infection Control
Male
Middle Aged
Seroconversion
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Antibodies, Viral blood
COVID-19 blood
Health Personnel statistics & numerical data
Immunoglobulin G blood
SARS-CoV-2 immunology
Tertiary Care Centers statistics & numerical data

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