Seroprevalence trends of anti‑SARS‑CoV‑2 antibodies and associated risk factors: a population‑based study

Tancredi, Stefano and Chiolero, Arnaud and Wagner, Cornelia and Haller, Moa Lina and Chocano‑Bedoya, Patricia and Ortega, Natalia and Rodondi, Nicolas and Kaufmann, Laurent and Lorthe, Elsa and Baysson, Hélène and Stringhini, Silvia and Michel, Gisela and Lüdi, Chantal and Harju, Erika and Frank, Irene and Imboden, Medea and Witzig, Melissa and Keidel, Dirk and Probst‑Hensch, Nicole and Amati, Rebecca and Albanese, Emiliano and Corna, Laurie and Crivelli, Luca and Vincentini, Julia and Gonseth Nusslé, Semira and Bochud, Murielle and D’Acremont, Valérie and Kohler, Philippe and Kahlert, Christian R. and Cusini, Alexia and Frei, Anja and Puhan, Milo Alan and Geigges, Marco and Kaufmann, Marco and Fehr, Jan and Cullati, Stéphane (2023) Seroprevalence trends of anti‑SARS‑CoV‑2 antibodies and associated risk factors: a population‑based study. Infection. ISSN 1439-0973

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Abstract

Purpose We aimed to assess the seroprevalence trends of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in several Swiss cantons between May 2020 and September 2021 and investigate risk factors for seropositivity and their changes over time. Methods We conducted repeated population-based serological studies in different Swiss regions using a common methodol- ogy. We defined three study periods: May–October 2020 (period 1, prior to vaccination), November 2020–mid-May 2021 (period 2, first months of the vaccination campaign), and mid-May–September 2021 (period 3, a large share of the population vaccinated). We measured anti-spike IgG. Participants provided information on sociodemographic and socioeconomic characteristics, health status, and adherence to preventive measures. We estimated seroprevalence with a Bayesian logistic regression model and the association between risk factors and seropositivity with Poisson models. Results We included 13,291 participants aged 20 and older from 11 Swiss cantons. Seroprevalence was 3.7% (95% CI 2.1–4.9) in period 1, 16.2% (95% CI 14.4–17.5) in period 2, and 72.0% (95% CI 70.3–73.8) in period 3, with regional variations. In period 1, younger age (20–64) was the only factor associated with higher seropositivity. In period 3, being aged ≥ 65 years, with a high income, retired, overweight or obese or with other comorbidities, was associated with higher seropositivity. These associations disappeared after adjusting for vaccination status. Seropositivity was lower in participants with lower adherence to preventive measures, due to a lower vaccination uptake. Conclusions Seroprevalence sharply increased over time, also thanks to vaccination, with some regional variations. After the vaccination campaign, no differences between subgroups were observed.

Item Type:	Scientific journal article, Newspaper article or Magazine article
Subjects:	Social studies Social studies > Sociology
Department/unit:	Dipartimento economia aziendale, sanità e sociale > Centro competenze anziani
Depositing User:	Roberta Torriani
Date Deposited:	16 Mar 2023 08:08
Last Modified:	16 Mar 2023 08:10
URI:	http://repository.supsi.ch/id/eprint/13864

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