CONVENIENCE SAMPLING FOR PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 IN CHILDREN IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Kengo Inagaki; Amanda Penny; Sarah Gwyn; Lacy Malloch; Lora Martin; Emma Hankins; Chuck Ray; Paul Byers; Austin Harrison; Sukwan Handali; Diana Martin; Charlotte V Hobbs

doi:10.1097/INF.0000000000004636

CONVENIENCE SAMPLING FOR PANDEMIC SURVEILLANCE OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 IN CHILDREN IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024 Dec 3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004636. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Kengo Inagaki^{1

2}, Amanda Penny³, Sarah Gwyn⁴, Lacy Malloch², Lora Martin², Emma Hankins³, Chuck Ray³, Paul Byers⁵, Austin Harrison², Sukwan Handali⁴, Diana Martin⁴, Charlotte V Hobbs^{2

6}

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Pediatrics.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center.
³ Children's Medical Group, Jackson, Mississippi.
⁴ Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Parasitic Diseases Branch, National Center for Emerging Zoonotic and Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁵ Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, Mississippi.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham/Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 39778095
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000004636

Abstract

We assessed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 seroprevalence on residual blood samples for pediatric COVID-19 surveillance: 2263 samples were collected during routine outpatient visits (<18 years, April 2020-August 2021). Seroprevalence increased over time, coinciding with or preceding virus circulation in the community and with or preceding pediatric severe COVID-19 hospitalization peaks. Residual blood sample seroprevalence may be a useful surveillance tool in future outbreaks.