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COVID-19 seroprevalence cohort survey among health care workers and their household members in Kinshasa, DR Congo, 2020–2022

20241 citationOpen accessUniversité de Kinshasa (UNIKIN)

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody levels were high and dynamic over time in this African setting with low clinical case rates. The absence of association with health profession or general risk behaviors and with HCW positivity in subsequent rounds in HH members, shows the importance of the time-dependent, and not work-related, force of infection. Cohort seroprevalence estimates in a 'new disease' epidemic seem insufficient to guide policy makers for defining control strategies.

Research topics

  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

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DOI: 10.1186/s41043-024-00536-0

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