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

<h4>Background</h4>Inequality is rife throughout South Africa. The first wave of COVID-19 may have affected people in lower socioeconomic groups worse than the affluent. The SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and the specificity of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests in South Africa is not known.<h...

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Main Authors: Jane Alexandra Shaw, Maynard Meiring, Tracy Cummins, Novel N Chegou, Conita Claassen, Nelita Du Plessis, Marika Flinn, Andriette Hiemstra, Léanie Kleynhans, Vinzeigh Leukes, Andre G Loxton, Candice MacDonald, Nosipho Mtala, Helmuth Reuter, Donald Simon, Kim Stanley, Gerard Tromp, Wolfgang Preiser, Stephanus T Malherbe, Gerhard Walzl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247852