Asymptomatic Seroconversion of Immunoglobulins to SARS-CoV-2 in a Pediatric Dialysis Unit

JAMA. 2020 Jun 16;323(23):2424-2425. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.8438.

Abstract

This case series describes subclinical development of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibodies in some patients and health care workers in a pediatric dialysis unit after contact with a seropositive patient.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood*
  • Asymptomatic Diseases*
  • Betacoronavirus / immunology*
  • COVID-19
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / immunology*
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Female
  • Health Personnel
  • Hemodialysis Units, Hospital*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / immunology*
  • Prevalence
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Seroconversion*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M