Research Article
Prevalence of Influenza A (H1N1) Seropositivity in Unvaccinated Healthcare Workers in Scotland at the Height of the Global Pandemic
Table 1
Seropositivity overall and by age band, separately for prepandemic and peak pandemic samples.
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Age band (years) | Prepandemic samples | | Peakpandemic samples | | | | | | Overall | | Subdivided according to report of influenza-like symptoms | |
| | | | | | | | | | Reporting symptoms | No symptoms reported | | | Subgroup n | Seropositive n | % Seropositive | | Subgroup n | Seropositive n | % Seropositive | | Subgroup n | Seropositive n | % Seropositive | Subgroup n | Seropositive n | % Seropositive | |
| 16–25 | 46 | 2 | 4.3 | | 46 | 8 | 17.4 | | 21 | 3 | 14.3 | 25 | 5 | 20.0 | | 26–35 | 128 | 10 | 7.8 | | 129 | 15 | 11.6 | | 65 | 10 | 15.4 | 64 | 5 | 7.8 | | 36–45 | 138 | 10 | 7.2 | | 137 | 14 | 10.2 | | 52 | 7 | 13.5 | 85 | 7 | 8.2 | | 46–55 | 114 | 4 | 3.5 | | 125 | 8 | 6.4 | | 47 | 2 | 4.3 | 78 | 6 | 7.7 | | 56–65 | 45 | 5 | 11.1 | | 56 | 6 | 10.7 | | 23 | 3 | 13.0 | 33 | 3 | 9.1 | |
| Overall | 471 | 31 | 6.6 | | 493 | 51 | 10.3 | | 208 | 25 | 12.0 | 285 | 26 | 9.1 | |
| 95% CI | | | 4.3 to 8.8 | | | | 7.7 to 13.0 | | | | 7.6 to 16.4 | | | 5.8 to 12.5 | |
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