Newborn Dried Blood Spots for Serologic Surveys of COVID-19.
| Publication Type | Academic Article |
| Authors | Liu F, Nguyen M, Vijayakumar P, Kaplan A, Meir A, Dai Y, Wang E, Walsh H, Ring A, Omer S, Farhadian S |
| Journal | Pediatr Infect Dis J |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pagination | e454-e456 |
| Date Published | 12/01/2020 |
| ISSN | 1532-0987 |
| Keywords | COVID-19, Dried Blood Spot Testing, SARS-CoV-2 |
| Abstract | There is an urgent need for inexpensive, population-wide surveillance testing for COVID-19. We tested newborn dried blood spot (DBS) anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies for all infants born at Yale from March to May 2020, and found that newborn DBS serologies reflect maternal and population-wide infection rates during the study period. This suggests a role for DBS in COVID-19 surveillance in areas where viral testing is limited. |
| DOI | 10.1097/INF.0000000000002918 |
| PubMed ID | 33105339 |
| PubMed Central ID | PMC7654948 |