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Critical Care Workers Have Lower Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG Compared with Non-patient Facing Staff in First Wave of COVID19

The Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Volume 7 (2021): Issue 3 (July 2021)
By: Helen E. Baxendale,  David Wells,  Jessica Gronlund,  Angalee Nadesalingham,  Mina Paloniemi,  George Carnell,  Paul Tonks,  Lourdes Ceron-Gutierrez,  Soraya Ebrahimi,  Ashleigh Sayer,  John A.G. Briggs,  Xiaoli Ziong,  James A Nathan,  Guinevere Grice,  Leo C James,  Jakub Luptak,  Sumita Pai,  Jonathan L Heeney,  Sara Lear and  Rainer Doffinger  
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0018 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
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Language: English
Page range: 199 - 210
Submitted on: Dec 21, 2020
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Accepted on: May 28, 2021
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Published on: Aug 5, 2021
Published by: University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
COVID-19,
SARS-CoV-2,
health care workers,
critical care,
seroprevalence
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Internal medicine, other,
Surgery,
Surgery, other,
Anaesthesiology,
Emergency medicine and intensive-care medicine

© 2021 Helen E. Baxendale, David Wells, Jessica Gronlund, Angalee Nadesalingham, Mina Paloniemi, George Carnell, Paul Tonks, Lourdes Ceron-Gutierrez, Soraya Ebrahimi, Ashleigh Sayer, John A.G. Briggs, Xiaoli Ziong, James A Nathan, Guinevere Grice, Leo C James, Jakub Luptak, Sumita Pai, Jonathan L Heeney, Sara Lear, Rainer Doffinger, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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