@article {20378,
	title = {Seroprevalence of Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among the Personnel and Students of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece: A Preliminary Report},
	journal = {Life (Basel)Life (Basel)Life (Basel)},
	volume = {10},
	number = {9},
	year = {2020},
	note = {2075-1729Tsitsilonis, Ourania EOrcid: 0000-0001-6954-0740Paraskevis, DimitriosOrcid: 0000-0001-6167-7152Lianidou, EviPierros, VassiliosAkalestos, AthanasiosKastritis, EfstathiosMoutsatsou, ParaskeviScorilas, AndreasSphicopoulos, ThomasTerpos, EvangelosOrcid: 0000-0001-5133-1422Thomaidis, NikolaosOrcid: 0000-0002-4624-4735Tsakris, AthanassiosVoulgaris, NikolaosDaskalaki, Christina CEvangelakou, ZoiFouki, ChristinaGianniou, Despoina DGumeni, SentiljanaKostaki, Evangelia-GeorgiaOrcid: 0000-0002-3346-0930Kostopoulos, Ioannis VOrcid: 0000-0003-1152-6959Manola, Maria SOrcid: 0000-0002-6975-2812Orologas-Stavrou, NikolaosPanteli, ChrysanthiPapanagnou, Eleni-DimitraOrcid: 0000-0003-1277-8007Rousakis, PantelisSklirou, Aimilia DOrcid: 0000-0001-5060-4847Smilkou, StavroulaStergiopoulou, DimitraTrougakos, Ioannis POrcid: 0000-0002-6179-2772Tsiodras, SoritiosSfikakis, Petros PDimopoulos, Meletios-AthanasiosOrcid: 0000-0001-8990-3254NKUA-SARG 70/3/16690/National and Kapodistrian University of Athens/Journal ArticleLife (Basel). 2020 Sep 21;10(9):214. doi: 10.3390/life10090214.},
	month = {Sep 21},
	edition = {2020/09/25},
	abstract = {Due to early implementation of public health measures, Greece had low number of SARS-CoV-2 infections and COVID-19 severe incidents in hospitalized patients. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (ΝΚUA), especially its health-care/medical personnel, has been actively involved in the first line of state responses to COVID-19. To estimate the prevalence of antibodies (Igs) against SARS-CoV-2 among NKUA members, we designed a five consecutive monthly serosurvey among randomly selected NKUA consenting volunteers. Here, we present the results from the first 2500 plasma samples collected during June-July 2020. Twenty-five donors were tested positive for anti-SARS-CoV-2 Igs; thus, the overall seroprevalence was 1.00\%. The weighted overall seroprevalence was 0.93\% (95\% CI: 0.27, 2.09) and varied between males [1.05\% (95\% CI: 0.18, 2.92)] and females [0.84\% (95\% CI: 0.13, 2.49)], age-groups and different categories (higher in participants from the School of Health Sciences and in scientific affiliates/faculty members/laboratory assistants), but no statistical differences were detected. Although focused on the specific population of NKUA members, our study shows that the prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 Igs for the period June-July 2020 remained low and provides knowledge of public health importance for the NKUA members. Given that approximately one in three infections was asymptomatic, continuous monitoring of the progression of the pandemic by assessing Ig seroprevalence is needed.},
	keywords = {National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, NKUA-SARG had no role in the design, execution, interpretation or writing of the, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, seroepidemiological study, seroprevalence, study.},
	isbn = {2075-1729 (Print)2075-1729},
	author = {Tsitsilonis, O.E. and Paraskevis, D and Lianidou,E. and Pierros, V. and Akalestos, A. and Kastritis, E. and Moutsatsou, P. and Scorilas, A. and Sphicopoulos, T and Terpos, E. and Thomaidis, N. and Tsakris, A. and Voulgaris, N. and Daskalaki, C. C. and Evangelakou, Z. and Fouki, C. and Gianniou, D. D. and Gumeni, S. and Kostaki, E. G. and Kostopoulos, I. V. and Manola, M. S. and Orologas-Stavrou, N. and Panteli, C. and Papanagnou, E. D. and Rousakis, P. and Sklirou, A. D. and Smilkou, S. and Stergiopoulou, D and Trougakos, I.P. and Tsiodras,S. and Sfikakis, P.P. and Dimopoulos, M.A.}
}
