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cord-345679-ydwcp75s	Younas, Amber	SEROPREVALENCE OF SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES AMONG HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN	2020-08-24		.txt	text/plain	2370	148	59	title: SEROPREVALENCE OF SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES AMONG HEALTHY BLOOD DONORS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN Despite the prevailing pandemic, there are no recommendations available as yet for testing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies as part of blood screening. In our study, we conducted specific serological testing (total antibodies) to identify prevalence of SARS-2-CoV antibodies among the healthy blood donors who visited Blood Bank at our Institute.Their results were compared with specific serologic results of blood donors that came before the onset of pandemic(October, 2019). In July 2020, we tested 300 healthy blood donors, 113 donors (37.7%) were found to be reactive for anti-SARS-CoV-2antibodies. Another study in Northern France reported 25.8% of population positive for COVID-19 antibody(19)but they also did not exclude previously symptomatic cases. To conclude, seroprevalence of SARS-COV-2 antibodies has increased in Pakistan over a period of time and could help in recognizing the actual number of COVID-19 cases. The prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among blood donors in China.medRxiv	./cache/cord-345679-ydwcp75s.txt	./txt/cord-345679-ydwcp75s.txt