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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2022 Apr 26;28(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.212580. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Increase of Community SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence during Second Wave of COVID-19, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Francis Ateba Ndongo, Emilande Guichet, Eric Donald Mimbé, Justin Ndié, Raphael Pelloquin, Marie Varloteaux, Livo Esemu, Mireille Mpoudi-Etame, Nadine Lamare, Ginette Edoul, Rodrigue Kamga Wouambo, Dowbiss Meta Djomsi, Marcel Tongo, Félicité Naah Tabala, Rogacien Kana Dongmo, Mamadou Saliou Kalifa Diallo, Julie Bouillin, Guillaume Thaurignac, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Eric Delaporte, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé
Abstract
We conducted 2 independent population-based SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in Yaoundé, Cameroon, during January 27-February 6 and April 24-May 19, 2021. Overall age-standardized SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence increased from 18.6% in the first survey to 51.3% in the second (p<0.001). This finding illustrates high community transmission during the second wave of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cameroon; SARS-CoV-2; antibodies; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; seroepidemiologic studies; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2022 Apr 26;28(6).
doi: 10.3201/eid2806.212580. Online ahead of print.
Rapid Increase of Community SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence during Second Wave of COVID-19, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Francis Ateba Ndongo, Emilande Guichet, Eric Donald Mimbé, Justin Ndié, Raphael Pelloquin, Marie Varloteaux, Livo Esemu, Mireille Mpoudi-Etame, Nadine Lamare, Ginette Edoul, Rodrigue Kamga Wouambo, Dowbiss Meta Djomsi, Marcel Tongo, Félicité Naah Tabala, Rogacien Kana Dongmo, Mamadou Saliou Kalifa Diallo, Julie Bouillin, Guillaume Thaurignac, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Eric Delaporte, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé
- PMID: 35470795
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2806.212580
Abstract
We conducted 2 independent population-based SARS-CoV-2 serosurveys in Yaoundé, Cameroon, during January 27-February 6 and April 24-May 19, 2021. Overall age-standardized SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence increased from 18.6% in the first survey to 51.3% in the second (p<0.001). This finding illustrates high community transmission during the second wave of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; Cameroon; SARS-CoV-2; antibodies; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; seroepidemiologic studies; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.