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. 2024 Jun 6;19(6):e0304262. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304262

Table 1. COVID-19 test groups.

Test Group Serology test results RNA test results Survey results on past COVID-19 Interpretation No. of study participants
1 ≥1 positive ≥1 positive Any response Infected with SARS-CoV-2 with evidence of an expected immune response 1537
2 ≥1 positive None or all negative Any response Not tested by RNA for SARS-CoV-2 (due to less severe infection or false-positive serology) 1338
3 All negative ≥1 positive Any response Presumptive impaired or waning immune response 379
4a All negative All negative Reported no prior infectiona Control 302
4b All negative All negative Reported prior infectiona Self-report (without record of positive RNA test in EHR data) 390

Abbreviation: EHR = electronic health record data.

aBased on the question: “Did you have, or think you had, COVID virus infection?”.