Open AccessEstimated SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Healthy Children and Those with Chronic Illnesses in the Washington Metropolitan Area as of October 2020
Author(s) -
Burhanuddin Bahar,
Joelle N. Simpson,
Cara Biddle,
Andrew Campbell,
Jeffrey S. Dome,
Roberta L. DeBiasi,
Catriona Mowbray,
Stefanie Marguilies,
Adrienne Sherman,
Jacqueline Reuben,
Meghan Delaney
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0000000000003140
Subject(s) - seroprevalence , medicine , metropolitan area , covid-19 , odds , coronavirus , odds ratio , demography , pediatrics , antibody , immunology , virology , serology , logistic regression , outbreak , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
The estimated severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence in children was found to be 9.46% for the Washington Metropolitan area. Hispanic/Latinx individuals were found to have higher odds of seropositivity. While chronic medical conditions were not associated with having antibodies, previous fever and body aches were predictive symptoms.