High Seroprevalence of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Chelsea, Massachusetts

Abstract SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing allows quantitative determination of disease prevalence, which is especially important in high-risk communities. We performed anonymized convenience sampling of 200 currently asymptomatic residents of Chelsea, the epicenter of COVID-19 illness in Massachusetts, b...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of infectious diseases 2020-12, Vol.222 (12), p.1955-1959
Hauptverfasser: Naranbhai, Vivek, Chang, Christina C, Beltran, Wilfredo F Garcia, Miller, Tyler E, Astudillo, Michael G, Villalba, Julian A, Yang, Diane, Gelfand, Jeffrey, Bernstein, Bradley E, Feldman, Jared, Hauser, Blake M, Caradonna, Timothy M, Alter, Galit, Murali, Mandakolathur R, Jasrasaria, Rashmi, Quinlan, Joan, Xerras, Dean C, Betancourt, Joseph R, Louis, David N, Schmidt, Aaron G, Lennerz, Jochen, Poznansky, Mark C, Iafrate, A John
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing allows quantitative determination of disease prevalence, which is especially important in high-risk communities. We performed anonymized convenience sampling of 200 currently asymptomatic residents of Chelsea, the epicenter of COVID-19 illness in Massachusetts, by BioMedomics SARS-CoV-2 combined IgM-IgG point-of-care lateral flow immunoassay. The seroprevalence was 31.5% (17.5% IgM+IgG+, 9.0% IgM+IgG−, and 5.0% IgM−IgG+). Of the 200 participants, 50.5% reported no symptoms in the preceding 4 weeks, of which 24.8% (25/101) were seropositive, and 60% of these were IgM+IgG−. These data are the highest seroprevalence rates observed to date and highlight the significant burden of asymptomatic infection.
ISSN:0022-1899
1537-6613
DOI:10.1093/infdis/jiaa579