Charting Elimination in the Pandemic: A SARS-CoV-2 Serosurvey of Blood Donors in New Zealand

  1. Lauren H. Carlton
  2. Tiffany Chen
  3. Alana L. Whitcombe
  4. Reuben McGregor
  5. Greg Scheurich
  6. Campbell R. Sheen
  7. James M. Dickson
  8. Chris Bullen
  9. Annie Chiang
  10. Daniel J. Exeter
  11. Janine Paynter
  12. Michael G. Baker
  13. Richard Charlewood
  14. Nicole J. Moreland
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Abstract

A large-scale SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey of New Zealand blood donors (n=9806) was conducted at the end of 2020. Seroprevalence, after adjusting for test sensitivity and specificity, was very low (0.1%). This finding is consistent with limited community transmission and provides robust evidence to support New Zealand’ s successful elimination strategy for COVID-19.

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