The prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among blood donors in China

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1383 - 10
• Main Authors: Chang, Le, Hou, Wangheng, Zhao, Lei, Zhang, Yali, Wang, Yanbin, Wu, Linfeng, Xu, Tingting, Wang, Lilin, Wang, Juan, Ma, Jian, Wang, Lan, Zhao, Junpeng, Xu, Jing, Dong, Juan, Yan, Ying, Yang, Ru, Li, Yu, Guo, Fei, Cheng, Wenjuan, Su, Yingying, Zeng, Jinfeng, Han, Wei, Cheng, Tong, Zhang, Jun, Yuan, Quan, Xia, Ningshao, Wang, Lunan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 49/1; 631/326/596/4130; 692/308/174; 692/499; 692/699/255/2514; Adults; Age; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Blood; Blood & organ donations; Blood donors; Blood Donors - statistics & numerical data; China - epidemiology; Cities; COVID-19; COVID-19 - blood; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - immunology; Health care; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulin M - blood; multidisciplinary; Neutralization; Neutralization Tests; Pandemics; Prevalence; Public health; Risk analysis; Risk Factors; SARS-CoV-2 - immunology; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sex; Viral diseases; China

In this study, we investigate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood donors in the cities of Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Shijiazhuang in China. From January to April 2020, 38,144 healthy blood donors in the three cities were tested for total antibody against SARS-CoV-2 followed by pseudoty...