Higher SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in workers with lower socioeconomic status in Cape Town, South Africa

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 2; p. e0247852
• Main Authors: Shaw, Jane Alexandra, Meiring, Maynard, Cummins, Tracy, Chegou, Novel N., Claassen, Conita, Du Plessis, Nelita, Flinn, Marika, Hiemstra, Andriette, Kleynhans, Léanie, Leukes, Vinzeigh, Loxton, Andre G., MacDonald, Candice, Mtala, Nosipho, Reuter, Helmuth, Simon, Donald, Stanley, Kim, Tromp, Gerard, Preiser, Wolfgang, Malherbe, Stephanus T., Walzl, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.02.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Biology; Biology and life sciences; Containment; Coronaviruses; Councils; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Data analysis; Demographic aspects; Disease hot spots; Earth Sciences; Editing; Epidemics; Female; Funding; Genetics; Health sciences; Humans; Infections; Male; Medical research; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Methodology; Molecular biology; People and places; Pharmacology; Public health; Public sector; Research and Analysis Methods; SARS-CoV-2 - physiology; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Social Class; Social Sciences; Socio-economic aspects; Socioeconomic status; Socioeconomics; South Africa; South Africa - epidemiology; Statistical analysis; Suburban areas; Suburbs; Supervision; Tuberculosis; Viral diseases; South Africa; Cape Town South Africa

Inequality is rife throughout South Africa. The first wave of COVID-19 may have affected people in lower socioeconomic groups worse than the affluent. The SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and the specificity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests in South Africa is not known. We tested 405 volunteers representi...