High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers but relatively low numbers of deaths in urban Malawi
Wellcome Open Research
; 5(18), 2020.
Article
in English
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-1154867
ABSTRACT
Background:
In low-income countries, like Malawi, important public health measures including social distancing or a lockdown have been challenging to implement owing to socioeconomic constraints, leading to predictions that the COVID-19 pandemic would progress rapidly. However, due to limited capacity to test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, there are no reliable estimates of the true burden of infection and death. We, therefore, conducted a SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey amongst health care workers (HCWs) in Blantyre city to estimate the cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in urban Malawi.
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CAB Abstracts
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Journal:
Wellcome Open Research
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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