SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, March to June 2020

Most cases of coronavirus disease 2019 are mild or asymptomatic. Therefore, many cases remain unrecorded. We determined seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 3,186 regular blood donors in three German federal states between 9 March and 3 June 2020. The IgG seroprevalence was 0.91% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.58-1.24) overall, ranging from 0.66% (95% CI: 0.13-1.19) in Hesse to 1.22% (95% CI: 0.33-2.10) in Lower-Saxony.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin - 25(2020), 28 vom: 22. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fischer, Bastian [VerfasserIn]
Knabbe, Cornelius [VerfasserIn]
Vollmer, Tanja [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19, anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in Germany
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
SARS-CoV-2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 29.07.2020

Date Revised 29.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.2001285

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312767757