Large-scale, molecular and serological SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare workers in a 4-site public hospital in Belgium after COVID-19 outbreak.
We read with great interest the study of Chen Y et al., who analyzed, during the Chinese epidemic peak, the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among 105 healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to COVID-19 patients.1 They found 17.14% of seropositive asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic HCWs although their nasopharyngeal swab samples were SARS-CoV-2 RNA negative. Our purpose was to document at the end of the Belgium epidemic the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in HCWs exposed to COVID-19 at varying degrees and to compare these rates with those observed by other te... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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W.B. Saunders
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| Schlagwörter: | COVID-19 / SARS-CoV-2 / screening / healthcare workers / seroprevalence |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28960330 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/232670 |
We read with great interest the study of Chen Y et al., who analyzed, during the Chinese epidemic peak, the seroprevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) among 105 healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to COVID-19 patients.1 They found 17.14% of seropositive asymptomatic or paucisymptomatic HCWs although their nasopharyngeal swab samples were SARS-CoV-2 RNA negative. Our purpose was to document at the end of the Belgium epidemic the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in HCWs exposed to COVID-19 at varying degrees and to compare these rates with those observed by other teams worldwide. Another objective was to highlight SARS-CoV-2 carriage in a priori healthy staff members to sensitize them to the need to respect individual protection measures and distancing to avoid patient contamination. [.]