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Sars-Cov-2 Antibody Prevalence Among Healthcare Workers And First Responders, Florida, May-June, 2020, James Matthias, Emma C. Spencer, Mara Michniewicz, Thomas Bendle, Craig Wilson, Kenneth Scheppke, Carina Blackmore, Aaron Otis, Scott Rivkees
Sars-Cov-2 Antibody Prevalence Among Healthcare Workers And First Responders, Florida, May-June, 2020, James Matthias, Emma C. Spencer, Mara Michniewicz, Thomas Bendle, Craig Wilson, Kenneth Scheppke, Carina Blackmore, Aaron Otis, Scott Rivkees
Florida Public Health Review
Background: The SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for severe respiratory infection associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was first confirmed in Florida on March 1, 2020. Responding to the pandemic, multi-agency collaborative partnerships put in place actions integrating point-of-care antibody testing at established large-scale COVID-19 testing sites where the baseline seropositivity of COVID-19 in health care workers and first responders in Florida at the start of the pandemic was established.
Purpose: Determine the seropositivity of healthcare workers and first responders at five drive thru testing sites using a rapid SARS-CoV-2 antibody test in Florida from May 6 through June 3, 2020.
Methods: …