Seroprevalence of immunoglobulin M and G antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in China

• Published in: Nature medicine Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 1193 - 1195
• Main Authors: Xu, Xin, Sun, Jian, Nie, Sheng, Li, Huiyuan, Kong, Yaozhong, Liang, Min, Hou, Jinlin, Huang, Xianzhong, Li, Dongfeng, Ma, Tean, Peng, Jiaqing, Gao, Shikui, Shao, Yong, Zhu, Hong, Lau, Johnson Yiu-Nam, Wang, Guangyu, Xie, Chunbao, Jiang, Li, Huang, Ailong, Yang, Zhenglin, Zhang, Kang, Hou, Fan Fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.08.2020; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/699/255; 692/700/478; Antibodies; Antibodies, Viral - blood; Antibodies, Viral - immunology; Betacoronavirus - pathogenicity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brief Communication; Cancer Research; China - epidemiology; Confidence intervals; Coronavirus Infections - blood; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - virology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diagnosis; Female; Geographical locations; Health aspects; Health Personnel; Hemodialysis; Humans; Immunoglobulin G; Immunoglobulin G - blood; Immunoglobulin G - immunology; Immunoglobulin M; Immunoglobulin M - blood; Immunoglobulin M - immunology; Immunoglobulins; Infections; Infectious Diseases; Male; Measurement; Medical personnel; Metabolic Diseases; Methods; Middle Aged; Molecular Medicine; Neurosciences; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - blood; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Viral - virology; SARS-CoV-2; Sentinel health events; Serodiagnosis; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Surveillance; Viral diseases; China

Detection of asymptomatic or subclinical novel human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection is critical for understanding the overall prevalence and infection potential of COVID-19. To estimate the cumulative prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in China, we evaluated the host serologic response, measured b...