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. 2021 Dec;1(4):100047.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcvp.2021.100047. Epub 2021 Nov 14.

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence rates of children seeking medical care in Louisiana during the state stay at home order

Monika L Dietrich  1 , Elizabeth B Norton  2 , Debra Elliott  1 , Ashley R Smira  1 , Ofek Raviv  3 , Daniel J Sasson  3 , Chandler H Monk  2 , Madalyn L Michael  2 , Nathaniel Rogers  4 , Julie A Rouelle  1 , Nell G Bond  1 , Kéren Aime-Marcelin  1 , Alisha Prystowsky  1 , Rebecca Kemnitz  1 , Arunava Sarma  1 , Sarah Talia Himmelfarb  1   5 , Neha Sharma  1 , Addison E Stone  2 , Randall Craver  6   7 , Alyssa R Lindrose  8 , Leslie A Smitley  1 , Robert B Uddo  6 , Leann Myers  9 , Stacy S Drury  1   8   6 , John S Schieffelin  1   5 , James E Robinson  1 , Kevin J Zwezdaryk  2
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence rates of children seeking medical care in Louisiana during the state stay at home order

Monika L Dietrich et al. J Clin Virol Plus. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Serologic testing of residual blood samples from 812 children from a hospital in New Orleans, LA, between March and May 2020, demonstrated a SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence of 6.8% based on S and N protein IgG; Black and Hispanic children, and children living in zip codes with lower household incomes were over-represented.

Keywords: COVID-19; Children; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Seroprevalence.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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A) Three-step ELISA process to determine presence of IgG to SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid protein. B) Seropositivity in blood samples from pediatric subjects by 3-week intervals. C) % racial group within Orleans, Jefferson, and other parishes by serostatus. D) % in income quartiles within Orleans, Jefferson, and other parishes by serostatus.
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