Incidence and Durability of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in Patients with Cancer and Health Care Workers following the First Wave of the Pandemic.
Catherine E LaiArnold L PotoskyColleen McGuireTania LoboJaeil AhnBassem R HaddadErnest W RichardsPalka AnandKristen WrightRobert H ChristensonLisa BoyleAndre GoyMichael B AtkinsPublished in: Journal of oncology (2022)
These data suggest that patients are not at higher risk for febrile SARS-CoV-2 infections or more transient immunity than HCWs. Furthermore, racial differences and lack of association with the extent of HCW contact with COVID-19 patients suggest that community rather than hospital virus exposure was a source of many infections.