Estimates of the rate of infection and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease in a population sample from SE England

Seroprevalence amongst adults from London and South-East England was 12%, and 19% of seropositive individuals with prospective symptom logging were fully asymptomatic throughout the study. Anosmia demonstrated the highest symptom specificity for SARS-CoV-2 antibody response.

Source: Journal of Infection - October 14, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Philippa M. Wells, Katie J. Doores, Simon Couvreur, Rocio Martinez Nunez, Jeffrey Seow, Carl Graham, Sam Acors, Neophytos Kouphou, Stuart J.D. Neil, Richard S. Tedder, Pedro M. Matos, Kate Poulton, Maria Jose Lista, Ruth E. Dickenson, Helin Sertkaya, Thom Source Type: research