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. 2020 Jul;25(28):2001285.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.28.2001285.

SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, March to June 2020

Bastian Fischer  1 , Cornelius Knabbe  1 , Tanja Vollmer  1
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SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in blood donors located in three different federal states, Germany, March to June 2020

Bastian Fischer et al. Euro Surveill. 2020 Jul.

Abstract

Most cases of coronavirus disease 2019 are mild or asymptomatic. Therefore, many cases remain unrecorded. We determined seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in 3,186 regular blood donors in three German federal states between 9 March and 3 June 2020. The IgG seroprevalence was 0.91% (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.58-1.24) overall, ranging from 0.66% (95% CI: 0.13-1.19) in Hesse to 1.22% (95% CI: 0.33-2.10) in Lower-Saxony.

Keywords: COVID-19, anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in Germany; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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Distribution of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG ratios of blood donors with seropositive and equivocal test results, Germany, March–June 2020, (n = 3,186)
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