High seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2 among household members of essential workers detected using a dried blood spot assay

Thomas W. McDade; Elizabeth M. McNally; Aaron S. Zelikovich; Richard D’Aquila; Brian Mustanski; Aaron Miller; Lauren A. Vaught; Nina L. Reiser; Elena Bogdanovic; Katherine S. Fallon; Alexis R. Demonbreun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237833

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High seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2 among household members of essential workers detected using a dried blood spot assay

Thomas W. McDade ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas W. McDade, Elizabeth M. McNally, Alexis R. Demonbreun

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: t-mcdade@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Child and Brain Development Program, Toronto, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-648X

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Elizabeth M. McNally ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas W. McDade, Elizabeth M. McNally, Alexis R. Demonbreun

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Aaron S. Zelikovich,

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Richard D’Aquila,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Brian Mustanski,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing and Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Aaron Miller,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Anthropology and Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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Lauren A. Vaught,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8634-9139

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Nina L. Reiser,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4331-163X

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Elena Bogdanovic,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Katherine S. Fallon,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Alexis R. Demonbreun

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas W. McDade, Elizabeth M. McNally, Alexis R. Demonbreun

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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High seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2 among household members of essential workers detected using a dried blood spot assay

Thomas W. McDade,
Elizabeth M. McNally,
Aaron S. Zelikovich,
Richard D’Aquila,
Brian Mustanski,
Aaron Miller,
Lauren A. Vaught,
Nina L. Reiser,
Elena Bogdanovic,
Katherine S. Fallon

Published: August 14, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237833

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