Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in hospital employees, Central Germany

Abstract

Unidentified SARS-CoV-2 infections among hospital staff can become a major burden for healthcare systems worldwide. We hypothesized that the number of previous SARS-CoV-2 infections among hospital employees is substantially higher than known on the basis of direct testing strategies. A serological study was thus performed among staff of Marburg University Hospital, Germany, in May and June 2020.

Keywords

• covid-19
• hospital staff
• sars-cov-2
• seroprevalence