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. 2022 May 21;217(1):43–45. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51542
SARS‐CoV‐2‐positive specimens
Characteristic Specimens collected SARS‐CoV‐2 antibody ELISA* Immunofluorescent antibody Microneutralisation Crude seroprevalence (ELISA)
All participants 1685 7 3 3 0.42%
State
New South Wales 462 3 0 0 0.65%
Victoria 455 3 2 2 0.66%
South Australia 348 0 0 0
Queensland 323 1 1 1 0.31%
Western Australia 97 0 0 0
Age group (years)
0–4 630 0 0 0
5–9 494 1 0 0 0.20%
10–19 561 6 3 3 1.07%
Residential geographic classification
Major cities 1306 5 2 2 0.36%
Regional 359 2 1 1 0.27%
Remote 19 0 0 0
Unknown 1 0 0 0
Sex
Girls 662 1 0 0 0.15%
Boys 1023 6 3 3 0.58%
Indigenous status
Indigenous 90 0 0 0
Non‐Indigenous 1595 7 3 3 0.44%

ELISA = enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay; SARS‐CoV‐2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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Positive titre: ≥ 0.9.

Positive titre: ≥ 10.