SARS-CoV-2 antibody status in decedents undergoing forensic postmortem examination in Maryland, May 24 to June 30, 2020

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Abstract

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was 10% among the subset of decedents undergoing forensic postmortem examination in June in Maryland. Decedents of motor vehicle crashes had similar seroprevalence compared to those with a natural death (including decedents with SARS-CoV-2 infection). Decedents of motor vehicle crashes may be a sentinel surveillance population.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Open Forum Infect Dis

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Open Forum Infect Dis

Journal ID (publisher-id): ofid

Title: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Publisher: Oxford University Press (US )

ISSN (Electronic): 2328-8957

Publication date (Electronic): 15 December 2020

Electronic Location Identifier: ofaa611

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore , Maryland, USA

[2 ] Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[3 ] Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda, Maryland, USA

[4 ] Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore , Maryland, USA

[5 ] Center for Injury Research and Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore, Maryland, USA

[6 ] Dunlap and Associates, Inc., Stamford , CT, USA

[7 ] Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore , Maryland, USA

Author notes

Corresponding author: Keri Althoff, PhD, MPH, 615 N Wolfe St, Rm E7142, Baltimore, MD 21205, kalthoff@ 123456jhu.edu , Mobile: 312-479-1174

Alternate Corresponding author: Ling Li, MD, 900 W Baltimore St. Baltimore, MD 21223, lingl@ 123456ocmemd.org , Mobile: 443-807-3183

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Publisher ID: ofaa611

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa611

PMC ID: 7798730

PubMed ID: 33506069

SO-VID: 7b6f7789-86e8-4b58-964a-e58ac54f01a2

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Date received : 05 October 2020

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Keywords: sars-cov-2 antibodies,seroprevalence,decedents,motor vehicle crash,drug overdose

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Keywords: sars-cov-2 antibodies, seroprevalence, decedents, motor vehicle crash, drug overdose

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