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Prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood donors in South Africa during the period January-May 2021

2021-08-02

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background:</bold> Population-level estimates of the prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody positivity (seroprevalence) are crucial epidemiological indicators for tracking the Covid-19 epidemic. Such data are in short supply, both internationally and in South Africa. The South African blood services (the South African National Blood Service, SANBS and the Western Cape Blood Servic...

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Literature Corpus work: 8c279aec-6831-5e90-a997-85e485784270
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-690372/v2

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