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SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, March to June 2020
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsBastian Fischerbfischer hdz-nrw.de
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Citation style for this article: . SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, March to June 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(28):pii=2001285. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.2001285 Received: 26 Jun 2020; Accepted: 14 Jul 2020
Abstract
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.
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