SARS-CoV-2 public health investigation in an aged care facility and challenges with serological screening in low pre-test probability settings

Commun Dis Intell (2018). 2021 Aug 16:45. doi: 10.33321/cdi.2021.45.42.

Authors

Nicolas R Smoll¹, Carmel Taylor², Ross Martin³, Sarah Wheatley², Peter Moore², Mitchell Finger², Frederick Moore², Sanmarié Schlebusch^{2

4}, Gulam Khandaker¹

Affiliations

¹ Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
² Forensic and Scientific Services, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
³ Pathology Queensland, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
⁴ Pathology Queensland Central Laboratory, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

PMID: 34493179
DOI: 10.33321/cdi.2021.45.42

No abstract available

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; aged care facility; serosurvey.

MeSH terms

Aged
Antibodies, Viral / blood
Antibody Specificity
Antigens, Viral / immunology
COVID-19 / epidemiology*
COVID-19 / virology
COVID-19 Testing
Female
Homes for the Aged*
Humans
Immunoassay / methods*
Immunoglobulin G / blood
Male
Microspheres
Prevalence
Public Health
Queensland / epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2*
Serologic Tests

Substances

Antibodies, Viral
Antigens, Viral
Immunoglobulin G