Journal article
Tracking the incidence and risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection using historical maternal booking serum samples
- Abstract:
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The early transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in the UK are unknown but their investigation is critical to aid future pandemic planning. We tested over 11,000 anonymised, stored historic antenatal serum samples, given at two north-west London NHS trusts in 2019 and 2020, for total antibody to SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (anti-RBD). Estimated prevalence of seroreactivity increased from 1% prior to mid-February 2020 to 17% in September 2020. Our results show higher prevalence of seroreac...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS ONE Journal website
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 9
- Article number:
- e0273966
- Publication date:
- 2022-09-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2022-08-19
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1932-6203
- Pmid:
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36054212
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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1277576
- Local pid:
- pubs:1277576
- Deposit date:
- 2022-10-05
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- Mullins et al.
- Copyright date:
- 2022
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- Copyright: © 2022 Mullins et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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