SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence among Outpatients during Community Transmission, Zambia, July 2020

SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence among Outpatients during Community Transmission, Zambia, July 2020

During the July 2020 first wave of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Zambia, PCR-measured prevalence was 13.4% among outpatients at health facilities, an absolute difference of 5.7% compared with prevalence among community members. This finding suggests that facility testing might b...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2021-08, Vol.27 (8), p.2166-2168
Hauptverfasser: Hines, Jonas Z, Fwoloshi, Sombo, Kampamba, Davies, Barradas, Danielle T, Banda, Dabwitso, Zulu, James E, Wolkon, Adam, Yingst, Samuel, Boyd, Mary Adetinuke, Siwingwa, Mpanji, Chirwa, Lameck, Kapina, Muzala, Sinyange, Nyambe, Mukonka, Victor, Malama, Kennedy, Mulenga, Lloyd B, Agolory, Simon
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Community
coronavirus disease
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 diagnostic tests
Disease control
disease control strategies
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Dispatch
Epidemics
Health facilities
Health surveillance
Humans
Infections
Original Research
Outpatients
Pandemics
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
real-time PCR
respiratory infections
Risk factors
SARS-CoV-2
Serology
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Statistics
Zambia
Zambia - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:During the July 2020 first wave of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Zambia, PCR-measured prevalence was 13.4% among outpatients at health facilities, an absolute difference of 5.7% compared with prevalence among community members. This finding suggests that facility testing might be an effective strategy during high community transmission.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2708.210502