{"id":3489,"date":"2021-01-27T13:13:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T21:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2021-01-28T13:14:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T21:14:48","slug":"prevalence-of-sars-cov-2-antibodies-in-first-responders-and-public-safety-personnel-new-york-city-new-york-usa-may-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/27\/prevalence-of-sars-cov-2-antibodies-in-first-responders-and-public-safety-personnel-new-york-city-new-york-usa-may-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in First Responders and Public Safety Personnel, New York City, New York, USA, May-July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>23% of first responders in New York City tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies during May-July 2020, with seroprevalence highest among correctional staff (39%) and emergency medical technicians (38%) and lowest in laboratory technicians (10%) and medicolegal death investigators (11%).\u00a0Associations were found between seropositivity and exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 positive household member (aOR=3.5), non-Hispanic Black race or ethnicity (aOR=1.5), and severe obesity (aOR=1.3). Consistent glove use was paradoxically associated with increased likelihood of seropositivity (aOR=1.2) which the authors attributed to cross-contamination and improper hand hygiene after glove use; use of other personal protective equipment had no association with seropositivity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Sami et al. (Jan 25, 2021). Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies in First Responders and Public Safety Personnel, New York City, New York, USA, May-July 2020. Emerging Infectious Diseases.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/27\/3\/20-4340_article\">https:\/\/wwwnc.cdc.gov\/eid\/article\/27\/3\/20-4340_article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>23% of first responders in New York City tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies during May-July 2020, with seroprevalence highest among correctional staff (39%) and emergency medical technicians (38%) and lowest in laboratory technicians (10%) and medicolegal death investigators (11%).\u00a0Associations were found between seropositivity and exposure to a SARS-CoV-2 positive household member (aOR=3.5), non-Hispanic Black race&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/27\/prevalence-of-sars-cov-2-antibodies-in-first-responders-and-public-safety-personnel-new-york-city-new-york-usa-may-july-2020\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-public-health","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3490,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions\/3490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}