Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Healthcare Personnel During the First Month of Caring for Patients With COVID-19-Nashville, Tennessee

William B Stubblefield; H Keipp Talbot; Leora R Feldstein; Mark W Tenforde; Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed; Lisa Mills; Sandra N Lester; Brandi Freeman; Natalie J Thornburg; Ian D Jones; Michael J Ward; Christopher J Lindsell; Adrienne Baughman; Natasha Halasa; Carlos G Grijalva; Todd W Rice; Manish M Patel; Wesley H Self

doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa936

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Among Frontline Healthcare Personnel During the First Month of Caring for Patients With COVID-19-Nashville, Tennessee

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 May 4;72(9):1645-1648. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa936.

Authors

William B Stubblefield¹, H Keipp Talbot^{2

3}, Leora R Feldstein⁴, Mark W Tenforde⁴, Mohammed Ata Ur Rasheed⁴, Lisa Mills⁴, Sandra N Lester⁴, Brandi Freeman⁴, Natalie J Thornburg⁴, Ian D Jones¹, Michael J Ward¹, Christopher J Lindsell⁵, Adrienne Baughman¹, Natasha Halasa⁶, Carlos G Grijalva³, Todd W Rice², Manish M Patel⁴, Wesley H Self¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ CDC COVID-19 Response Team, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

Among 249 healthcare personnel who worked in hospital units with COVID-19 patients for 1 month, 19 (7.6%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Only 11 (57.9%) of the 19 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms of a prior illness, suggesting asymptomatic healthcare personnel could be an important source of SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; healthcare personnel; serology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Viral
COVID-19*
Delivery of Health Care
Health Personnel
Humans
Patient Care
SARS-CoV-2*
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Tennessee / epidemiology

Substances

Antibodies, Viral

Abstract

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding