Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing allows quantitative determination of disease prevalence, which is especially important in high-risk communities. We performed anonymized convenience sampling of 200 currently asymptomatic residents of Chelsea, the epicenter of COVID-19 illness in Massachusetts, by BioMedomics SARS-CoV-2 combined IgM-IgG point-of-care lateral flow immunoassay. The seroprevalence was 31.5% (17.5% IgM+IgG+, 9.0% IgM+IgG-, and 5.0% IgM-IgG+). Of the 200 participants, 50.5% reported no symptoms in the preceding 4 weeks, of which 24.8% (25/101) were seropositive, and 60% of these were IgM+IgG-. These data are the highest seroprevalence rates observed to date and highlight the significant burden of asymptomatic infection.
Keywords: COVID-19; Chelsea Massachusetts; SARS-CoV-2; antibodies; epidemiology; immunoassay; lateral flow assay; seroprevalence; serosurveillance; validation.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, antibodies, SARS-CoV-2, Epidemiology, Seroprevalence, immunoassay, lateral flow assay, validation, Serosurveillance, Chelsea Massachusetts, 【초록키워드】 Antibody testing, lateral flow, point-of-care, lateral flow immunoassay, Disease prevalence, Asymptomatic, asymptomatic infection, Massachusetts, seropositive, convenience sampling, Participants, no symptom, COVID-19 illness, quantitative determination, highlight, highest, performed, reported, 【제목키워드】 Massachusett,