#SARS-CoV-2 #SEROPREVALENCE AMONG ALL WORKERS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN SPAIN : UNMASKING THE RISK.
▻https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.29.20116731v1.full.pdf
Results:
Among 2919 HCW [healthcare workers], 2590 (90.5%) were evaluated. Mean age was 43.8 years (SD 11.1) and 73.9% were females. Globally, 818 (31.6%) workers were IgG positive, with no differences for age, sex or previous diseases. Among them, 48.5% did not report previous symptoms . Seropositivity was more frequent in high (33.1%) and medium (33.8%) than in low-risk areas (25.8%, p=0.007), but no difference was found for hospitalization areas attending COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients (35.5 vs 38.3% p=NS). HCW with a previous SARS-CoV2 PCR positive test were IgG seropositive in 90.8%.