We studied severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) seroprevalence among pregnant women in Norway by including all women who were first trimester pregnant ( n = 6520), each month from December 2019 through December 2020, in the catchment region of Norway’s second-largest hospital. We used sera that had been frozen stored after compulsory testing for syphilis antibodies in antenatal care. The sera were analysed with the Elecsys ® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunoassay (Roche Diagnostics, Cobas e801). This immunoassay detects IgG/IgM against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antigen. Sera with equivocal or positive test results were retested with the Liaison ® SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG (DiaSorin), which detects IgG against the spike (S)1 and S2 protein on the SARS-CoV-2 virus. In total, 98 women (adjusted prevalence 1.7%) had SARS CoV-2 antibodies. The adjusted seroprevalence increased from 0.3% (1/445) in December 2019 to 5.7% (21/418) in December 2020. Out of the 98 seropositive women, 36 (36.7%) had serological signs of current SARS-CoV-2 infection at the time of serum sampling, and the incidence remained low during the study period. This study suggests that SARS CoV-2 was present in the first half of December 2019, 6 weeks before the first case was recognised in Norway. The low occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection during 2020, may be explained by high compliance to extensive preventive measures implemented early in the epidemic.
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