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. 2021 May 17;112(4):576–586. doi: 10.17269/s41997-021-00531-6

Table 5.

Exposure context of antibody-positive individuals and negative controls

In what context might you have been exposed to a COVID-19-affected person? Antibody-positive
(n = 161)
Negative controls
(n = 162)
Number† % Number† %
Work 59 36.6 32 19.8
Home 32 19.9 8 4.9
Public places 27 16.8 17 10.5
Travel 22 (1)‡ 13.6 10 (1)‡ 6.2
Friends and families 13 8.1 20 12.3
Leisure activities 6 3.7 4 2.5
Gatherings 2 1.2 0 0.0
School/university 1 0.6 2 1.2
No known exposure/unknown 33 22.4 110 74.1

†Participants could give more than one answer to the question, which explains why totals exceed the number of participants

‡Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of participants who have been in contact with another traveler