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Volume 28, Number 3—March 2022
Research

Infection Control Measures and Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG among 4,554 University Hospital Employees, Munich, Germany

Johanna Erber, Verena Kappler, Bernhard Haller, Hrvoje Mijočević, Ana Galhoz, Clarissa Prazeres da Costa, Friedemann Gebhardt, Natalia Graf, Dieter Hoffmann, Markus Thaler, Elke Lorenz, Hedwig Roggendorf, Florian Kohlmayer, Andreas Henkel, Michael P. Menden, Jürgen Ruland, Christoph D. Spinner, Ulrike Protzer1, Percy Knolle1, Paul Lingor1Comments to Author , and on behalf of the SeCoMRI Study Group2
Author affiliations: University Hospital rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany (J. Erber, V. Kappler, B. Haller, H. Mijočević, C. Prazeres da Costa, F. Gebhardt, N. Graf, D. Hoffmann, M. Thaler, H. Roggendorf, F. Kohlmayer, A. Henkel, J. Ruland, C.D. Spinner, U. Protzer, P. Knolle, P. Lingor); German Center for Infection Research, Munich (J. Erber, D. Hoffmann, J. Ruland, U. Protzer, C.D. Spinner); Helmholtz Zentrum München-German, Neuherberg, Germany (A. Galhoz, M.P. Menden); Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Martinsried, Germany (A. Galhoz, M.P. Menden); German Center for Diabetes Research, Neuherberg (M.P. Menden); Technical University of Munich, Munich (M.P. Menden)

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Table 1

Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections in patients and staff, by general characteristics and occupation, at a university hospital, Munich, Germany*

Characteristic SARS-CoV-2 IgG, no. (%)
 Odds ratio (95% CI)
Negative Positive
Age group, y
18–30, n = 1,622 1,585 (97.7) 37 (2.3) Referent
31–40, n = 1,134 1,115 (98.3) 19 (1.7) 0.73 (0.41–1.27)
41–50, n = 758 740 (97.6) 18 (2.4) 1.05 (0.58–1.83)
51–60, n = 766 736 (96.1) 30 (3.9) 1.75 (1.06–2.85)
>60, n = 274
 270 (98.5)
 4 (1.5)
 0.66 (0.19–1.66)
Sex
F, n = 3,207 3,141 (97.9) 66 (2.1) Referent
M, n = 1,342 1,300 (96.9) 42 (3.1) 1.54 (1.03–2.27)
Unreported, n = 5
 5 (100)
 0
Profession
Nurses, n = 958 934 (97.5) 24 (2.5) 1.55 (0.80–3.10)
Physicians, n = 860 846 (98.4) 14 (1.6) Referent
Clinical ancillary staff, n = 383 374 (97.7) 9 (2.3) 1.46 (0.60–3.39)
Nonclinical ancillary staff, n = 120 118 (98.3) 2 (1.7) 1.09 (0.16–4.02)
Scientists/laboratory workers, n = 635 627 (98.7) 8 (1.3) 0.78 (0.31–1.84)
Administrative staff, n = 557 536 (96.2) 21 (3.8) 2.36 (1.19–4.80)
Other, n = 424 412 (97.2) 12 (2.8) 1.76 (0.79–3.88)
Students, n = 603 586 (97.2) 17 (2.8) 1.75 (0.85–3.65)

*SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

2Members of the SeCOMRI study group are listed at the end of this article.

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