Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG antibodies in health workers in Sergipe, Brazil

  1. Mônica Santos de Melo
  2. Lysandro Pinto Borges
  3. Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza
  4. Aline Fagundes Martins
  5. José Melquiades de Rezende Neto
  6. Anderson Alves Ribeiro
  7. Aryanne Araujo Santos
  8. Grazielly Bispo da Invenção
  9. Igor Leonardo Santos Matos
  10. Kezia Alves dos Santos
  11. Nicolas Alessandro Alves Souza
  12. Pâmela Chaves Borges
  13. Makson Gleydson Brito de Oliveira
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Abstract

Background

The exponential growth of COVID-19 cases in Brazil is overloading health systems with overcrowding of hospitals and overflowing intensive care units. Increasing infection rates in health professionals can lead to the collapse of the health system and further worsen the pandemic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the seroprevalence of IgM and IgG for SARS-CoV-2 in health workers in Sergipe, Brazil.

Methods

The targeted tests involved health professionals working on the front line to combat COVID-19. The samples were collected in the month of June, in six hospital units in the state of Sergipe.

Results

471 health professionals were tested. Of these, 28 workers (5.95%) tested positive for IgM and 64 (13.59%) tested positive for IgG. 9 workers (1.91%) tested positive for IgM and were also positive for IgG.

Discussion

Health workers must be monitored constantly, because if they are infected, they can spread the virus to colleagues, hospitalized patients and even family members.

Conclusion

Knowing the prevalence of antibodies to the virus in health workers is an important measure of viral spread control.

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