Detection of neutralising antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 to determine population exposure in Scottish blood donors between March and May 2020

ConclusionAlthough blood donors are not representative of the overall population, we demonstrated that serosurveys of blood banks can serve as a useful tool for tracking the emergence and progression of an epidemic such as the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak.

Source: Eurosurveillance - October 22, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Craig P Thompson, Nicholas E Grayson, Robert S Paton, Jai S Bolton, Jos é Lourenço, Bridget S Penman, Lian N Lee, Valerie Odon, Juthathip Mongkolsapaya, Senthil Chinnakannan, Wanwisa Dejnirattisai, Matthew Edmans, Alex Fyfe, Carol Imlach, Kreepa Kooblal Source Type: research