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 source | Year of collection (no. screened) | No. borderline/no. screened (%) | No. reactive/no. screened (%) |
| BD | 2012 (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) | Subtotal | 4719 | 3/4719 (0.08) | 7/4719 (0.13) | CC | May-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) | Subtotal | 135 | 0/135 (0) | 1/135 (0.74) | CP | Mar-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) | Subtotal | 4 | 0/4 (0) | 3/4 (75) | Total | Total (4858) | 3/4858 (0.06) | 12/4858 (0.25) |
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Positive samples are shown in italic.
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