Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Healthcare Personnel During the First Month of Caring for Patients With COVID-19—Nashville, Tennessee. (6th June 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stubblefield, William B; Talbot, H Keipp; Feldstein, Leora R; Tenforde, Mark W; Ur Rasheed, Mohammed Ata; Mills, Lisa; Lester, Sandra N; Freeman, Brandi; Thornburg, Natalie J; Jones, Ian D; Ward, Michael J; Lindsell, Christopher J; Baughman, Adrienne; Halasa, Natasha; Grijalva, Carlos G; Rice, Todd W; Patel, Manish M; Self, Wesley H
• Is Part Of: Clinical infectious diseases. Volume 72:Number 9(2021)
• Page Start: 1645
• Page End: 1648
• Publication Date: 2020-06-06
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- SARS-CoV-2 -- healthcare personnel -- coronavirus -- serology; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; 616.905
• DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa936
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1058-4838

Abstract

Abstract: Among 249 healthcare personnel who worked in hospital units with COVID-19 patients for 1 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.