Higher SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in workers with lower socioeconomic status in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jane Alexandra ShawMaynard MeiringTracy CumminsNovel Njweipi ChegouConita ClaassenNelita Du PlessisMarika FlinnAndriette HiemstraLéanie KleynhansVinzeigh Leukes Andre G LoxtonCandice MacDonaldNosipho MtalaHelmuth ReuterDonald SimonKim StanleyGerard C TrompWolfgang PreiserStephanus T MalherbeGerhard Walzl

Published in: PloS one (2021)

There is a high background seroprevalence in Cape Town, particularly in people of lower socioeconomic status. Almost half of cases are asymptomatic, and therefore undiagnosed by local testing strategies. These results cannot be explained by low assay specificity.

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