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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul 27;ciaa1055.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1055. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America. A population-based study in coastal Ecuador
Oscar H Del Brutto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aldo F Costa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Robertino M Mera[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bettsy Y Recalde[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Javier A Bustos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], H?ctor H Garc?a[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 303/673 rural Ecuadorian adults (45%), 77% of whom had compatible clinical manifestations. Seropositivity was associated with the use of open latrines. Our findings support the fears of mass spread of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America and cannot exclude a contributing role for fecal-oral transmission.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus-19; Ecuador; Population study; Rural setting; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Jul 27;ciaa1055.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1055. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America. A population-based study in coastal Ecuador
Oscar H Del Brutto[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aldo F Costa[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Robertino M Mera[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Bettsy Y Recalde[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Javier A Bustos[SUP] 4 [/SUP], H?ctor H Garc?a[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32717052
- DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1055
Abstract
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 303/673 rural Ecuadorian adults (45%), 77% of whom had compatible clinical manifestations. Seropositivity was associated with the use of open latrines. Our findings support the fears of mass spread of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America and cannot exclude a contributing role for fecal-oral transmission.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus-19; Ecuador; Population study; Rural setting; SARS-CoV-2.