Authors: José Esteban Muñoz-Medina, Concepción Grajales-Muñiz, Angel Gustavo Salas-Lais, Larissa Fernandes-Matano, Constantino López-Macías, Irma Eloísa Monroy-Muñoz, Andrea Santos Coy-Arechavaleta, Iliana Donají Palomec-Nava, Célida Duque-Molina, Ruth Lizzeth Madera-Sandoval, Vanessa Rivero-Arredondo, Joaquín González-Ibarra, Julio Elías Alvarado-Yaah, Teresita Rojas-Mendoza, Clara Esperanza Santacruz-Tinoco, Cesar Raúl González-Bonilla, Víctor Hugo Borja-Aburto

Venue: Microorganisms

Type: Article

Abstract: Until recently, the incidence of COVID-19 was primarily estimated using molecular diagnostic methods. However, the number of cases is vastly underreported using these methods. Seroprevalence studies estimate cumulative infection incidences and allow monitoring of transmission dynamics, and the presence of neutralizing antibodies in the population. In February 2020, the Mexican Social Security Institute began conducting anonymous unrelated sampling of residual sera from specimens across the country, excluding patients with fever within the previ... (read more)

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9040850