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August 29, 2024PLoS ONEOpen Access

COVID-19 IgG seropositivity and its determinants in occupational groups of varying infection risks in two Andean cities of Ecuador before mass vaccination

José E. León-Rojas Fernanda Arias-Erazo Patricia Jiménez Ricardo Recalde-Navarrete Ángel Guevara Joséfina Coloma Miguel Martín Irina Chis Ster Philip J. Cooper Natalia Romero-Sandoval

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused over 68.7 million infections and 1.35 million deaths in South America. There are limited data on SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity and its determinants from Andean countries prior to mass vaccinations against COVID-19.

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Leon-Rojas et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e5a5fbb6db643587540834 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309466

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