Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Seroprevalence of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among health care workers in a large Spanish reference hospital

  • Alberto L. Garcia-Basteiro,
  • Gemma Moncunill,
  • Marta Tortajada,
  • Marta Vidal,
  • Caterina Guinovart,
  • Alfons Jiménez,
  • Rebeca Santano,
  • Sergi Sanz,
  • Susana Méndez,
  • Anna Llupià,
  • Ruth Aguilar,
  • Selena Alonso,
  • Diana Barrios,
  • Carlo Carolis,
  • Pau Cisteró,
  • Eugenia Chóliz,
  • Angeline Cruz,
  • Silvia Fochs,
  • Chenjerai Jairoce,
  • Jochen Hecht,
  • Montserrat Lamoglia,
  • Mikel J. Martínez,
  • Robert A. Mitchell,
  • Natalia Ortega,
  • Nuria Pey,
  • Laura Puyol,
  • Marta Ribes,
  • Neus Rosell,
  • Patricia Sotomayor,
  • Sara Torres,
  • Sarah Williams,
  • Sonia Barroso,
  • Anna Vilella,
  • José Muñoz,
  • Antoni Trilla,
  • Pilar Varela,
  • Alfredo Mayor,
  • Carlota Dobaño

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17318-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Health care workers (HCW) are a high-risk population for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, the authors determine seroprevalence against SARS-CoV-2 in HCWs of a large Spanish reference hospital and find a cumulative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection (presence of antibodies or past or current positive rRT-PCR) of 11%.