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Seroprevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among health care workers from three pandemic hospitals of Turkey

Gizem Alkurt, Ahmet MURT, Zeki Aydin, Ozge Tatli, Nihat Bugra Agaoglu, Arzu Irvem, Mehtap Aydin, Rıdvan KARAALİ, Mustafa Gunes, Batuhan Yesilyurt, Hasan Türkez, Adil Mardinoglu, Mehmet Doganay, Filiz Basinoglu, Nurhan SEYAHİ, Gizem Dinler Doğanay, Hamdi Levent Doganay

PLOS ONE Cilt 16 · Sayı 3 · 01.03.2021
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Özet

COVID-19 is a global threat with an increasing number of infections. Research on IgG seroprevalence among health care workers (HCWs) is needed to re-evaluate health policies. This study was performed in three pandemic hospitals in Istanbul and Kocaeli. Different clusters of HCWs were screened for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Seropositivity rate among participants was evaluated by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay. We recruited 813 non-infected and 119 PCR-confirmed infected HCWs. Of the previously undiagnosed HCWs, 22 (2.7%) were seropositive. Seropositivity rates were highest for cleaning staff (6%), physicians (4%), nurses (2.2%) and radiology technicians (1%). Non-pandemic clinic (6.4%) and ICU (4.3%) had the highest prevalence. HCWs in "high risk" group had similar seropositivity rate with "no risk" group (2.9 vs 3.5 p = 0.7). These findings might lead to the re-evaluation of infection control and transmission dynamics in hospitals.

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Alkurt, G., MURT, A., Aydin, Z., Tatli, O., Agaoglu, N. B., Irvem, A., Aydin, M., KARAALİ, R., Gunes, M., Yesilyurt, B., Türkez, H., Mardinoglu, A., Doganay, M., Basinoglu, F., SEYAHİ, N., Dinler Doğanay, G., & Doganay, H. L. (2021). Seroprevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among health care workers from three pandemic hospitals of Turkey. PLOS ONE, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247865

BibTeX 
@article{alkurt2021-244982,
  author = {Alkurt, Gizem and MURT, Ahmet and Aydin, Zeki and Tatli, Ozge and Agaoglu, Nihat Bugra and Irvem, Arzu and Aydin, Mehtap and KARAALİ, Rıdvan and Gunes, Mustafa and Yesilyurt, Batuhan and Türkez, Hasan and Mardinoglu, Adil and Doganay, Mehmet and Basinoglu, Filiz and SEYAHİ, Nurhan and Dinler Doğanay, Gizem and Doganay, Hamdi Levent},
  title = {Seroprevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among health care workers from three pandemic hospitals of Turkey},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {16},
  number = {3},
  issn = {1932-6203},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0247865},
  url = {https://akademik.atauni.edu.tr/yayinlar/244982-seroprevalence-of-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-among-health-care-workers}
}