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. 2024 Jan 30;19(1):e0294025. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294025

Table 4. SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion rates at scheduled visits 2 to 6.

Anti-N IgG
and/or
anti-S IgM
Anti-N IgG** Anti-S IgM at visits 2–3, and/or anti-N IgG at visits 2–6
Visit 2 Visit 3 Visit 4 Visit 5 Visit 6 Overall
Population at risk* 3564 3496 3448 3169 2049 NA
Total participants who seroconverted 36 53 32 19 123 263***
Median follow-up time (months) 1.2 1.2 1.4 4.8 7.9 1.4
Total follow-up (person-months) 4,512 4,299 4,963 11,485 14,522 39,781
Seroconversion rate (per 1000 person-months) [95% CI] 8.0
[5.6; 11.1]
12.3
[9.2; 16.1]
6. 5
[4.4; 9.1]
1.7
[1.0; 2.6]
8.5
[7.0; 10.1]
6.6
[5.8; 7.5]

CI: confidence interval.

* Total number of subjects with negative serostatus at previous visit.

** At visits 4–6, seroconversion was restricted to positive anti-N IgG antibodies, which are specific for infection-induced immune response and, therefore, not subject to vaccine-induced immune response. Since COVID-19 vaccines were not yet available during visits 2–3, seroconversion was also defined as having positive anti-S IgM antibodies.

*** 255 participants seroconverted for anti-N IgG (at visits 2–6) and/or anti-S IgM (at visits 2–3), of whom eight seroconverted twice. Hence, there were 263 seroconversion events in total.