Research Article

Comparative Serological Study for the Prevalence of Anti-MERS Coronavirus Antibodies in High- and Low-Risk Groups in Qatar

Table 2

Number of reactive samples for anti-MERS S1 IgG using rS1-ELISA.

Sample sourceYear of collection (no. screened)No. borderline/no. screened (%)No. reactive/no. screened (%)

BD2012 (120)1/120 (0.83)0/120 (0)
2013 (28)0/28 (0)0/28 (0)
2014 (611)0/611 (0)1/611 (0.16)
2015 (3383)1/3383 (0.03)5/3383 (0.15)
2016 (577)1/577 (0.17)1/577 (0.17)
Subtotal47193/4719 (0.08)7/4719 (0.13)
CCMay-2015 (100)0/100 (0)1/100 (1)
Feb-2016 (10)0/10 (0)0/10 (0)
June-2016 (25)0/25 (0)0/25 (0)
Subtotal1350/135 (0)1/135 (0.74)
CPMar-2015 (1)0/1 (0)1/1 (100)
May-2015 (1)0/1 (0)1/1 (100)
Feb-2016 (1)0/1 (0)1/1 (100)
May-2016 (1)0/1 (0)0/1 (0)
Subtotal40/4 (0)3/4 (75)
TotalTotal (4858)3/4858 (0.06)12/4858 (0.25)

Positive samples are shown in italic.