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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 May;28(5):1026-1030.
doi: 10.3201/eid2805.211951.
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Prevalence and Population-Based Death Rates, Greater Omdurman, Sudan
Wendelin Moser, Mohammed Ahmed Hassan Fahal, Elamin Abualas, Shahinaz Bedri, Mahgoub Taj Elsir, Mona Fateh El Rahman Omer Mohamed, Abdelhalim Babiker Mahmoud, Amna Ismail Ibrahim Ahmad, Mohammed A Adam, Sami Altalib, Ola Adil DafaAllah, Salahaldin Abdallah Hmed, Andrew S Azman, Iza Ciglenecki, Etienne Gignoux, Alan González, Christine Mwongera, Manuel Albela Miranda
- PMID: 35450565
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2805.211951
Abstract
In a cross-sectional survey in Omdurman, Sudan, during March-April 2021, we estimated that 54.6% of the population had detectable severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies. Overall population death rates among those >50 years of age increased 74% over the first coronavirus disease pandemic year.
Keywords: Abualas E; Bedri S; COVID-19; Elsir MT; Fahal MAH; Mohamed MFERO; Omdurman; SARS-CoV-2; Sudan; Sudan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 May [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2805.211951; Suggested citation for this article: Moser W; antibody; et al. SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence and population-based death rates; excess mortality; greater Omdurman; respiratory infections; seroprevalence; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.