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. 2021 Jan;82(1):159-198.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.07.033. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Large-scale, molecular and serological SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare workers in a 4-site public hospital in Belgium after COVID-19 outbreak

Laurent Blairon  1 , Saphia Mokrane  2 , Alain Wilmet  1 , Géraldine Dessilly  3 , Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi  3 , Ingrid Beukinga  1 , Marie Tré-Hardy  4
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Large-scale, molecular and serological SARS-CoV-2 screening of healthcare workers in a 4-site public hospital in Belgium after COVID-19 outbreak

Laurent Blairon et al. J Infect. 2021 Jan.
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Keywords: COVID-19; Healthcare workers; SARS-CoV-2; Screening; Seroprevalence.

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Distribution of AU/mL in HCWs with varying degrees of exposure to SARS-CoV-2. 1: COVID units only; 2: Mixed COVID and non-COVID units; 3: No contact with patients; 4: Non-COVID units only. Dashline: cut-off of positivity. A P-value <0.05 is significant.
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