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; Ridvan Karaali; Mustafa Gunes; Batuhan Yesilyurt; Hasan Turkez; Adil Mardinoglu; Mehmet Doganay; Filiz Basinoglu; Nurhan Seyahi; Gizem Dinler Doganay; Hamdi Levent Doganay

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0247865

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
, Ridvan Karaali
, Mustafa Gunes
, Batuhan Yesilyurt
, Hasan Turkez
, Adil Mardinoglu
, Mehmet Doganay
, Filiz Basinoglu
, Nurhan Seyahi
, Gizem Dinler Doganay
, Hamdi Levent Doganay

Mol.Biyoloji ve Genetik Bölümü

University of Health Sciences
Istanbul University - Cerrahpaşa
Darica Farabi Teaching and Research Hospital
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Health Institutes of Turkey (TUSEB)
Ataturk University
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
King's College London
Lokman Hekim University

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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%). Nonpandemic 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.

Orijinal dil	İngilizce
Makale numarası	e0247865
Dergi	PLoS ONE
Hacim	16
Basın numarası	3 March
DOI'lar	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247865
Yayın durumu	Yayınlandı - Mar 2021

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© 2021 Alkurt et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Alkurt, G., Murt, A., Aydin, Z., Tatli, O., Agaoglu, N. B., Irvem, A., Aydin, M., Karaali, R., Gunes, M., Yesilyurt, B., Turkez, H., Mardinoglu, A., Doganay, M., Basinoglu, F., Seyahi, N., Doganay, G. D., & 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 March), Makale e0247865. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247865

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

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