Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among individuals presenting for care in central North Carolina over a six-month period.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Robust community-level SARS-CoV-2 prevalence estimates have been difficult to obtain in the American South and outside of major metropolitan areas. Furthermore, though some previous studies have investigated the association of demographic factors such as race with SARS-CoV-2 exposure risk, fewer have correlated exposure risk to surrogates for socioeconomic status such as health insurance coverage.

Methods

We used a highly specific serological assay utilizing the receptor binding domain of the SARS-CoV-2 spike-protein to identify SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in remnant blood samples collected by the University of North Carolina Health system. We estimated the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in this cohort with Bayesian regression, as well as the association of critical demograph

SUBMITTER: Lopez CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8010775 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature