High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Healthcare Workers in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Among 359 healthcare workers (HCW) employed in Panzi General Referral Hospital located in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 148 (41.2%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Thirty-three (22.3%) of the 148 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms evoking a prior COVID-19 ill...

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Autores principales: Mukwege, Denis, Byabene, Aline Kusinza, Akonkwa, Eric Mungu, Dahma, Hafid, Dauby, Nicolas, Cikwanine Buhendwa, Jean-Paul, Le Coadou, Anne, Montesinos, Isabel, Bruyneel, Marie, Cadière, Guy-Bernard, Vandenberg, Olivier, Van Laethem, Yves
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Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33591936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1526
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author Mukwege, Denis
Byabene, Aline Kusinza
Akonkwa, Eric Mungu
Dahma, Hafid
Dauby, Nicolas
Cikwanine Buhendwa, Jean-Paul
Le Coadou, Anne
Montesinos, Isabel
Bruyneel, Marie
Cadière, Guy-Bernard
Vandenberg, Olivier
Van Laethem, Yves
author_facet Mukwege, Denis
Byabene, Aline Kusinza
Akonkwa, Eric Mungu
Dahma, Hafid
Dauby, Nicolas
Cikwanine Buhendwa, Jean-Paul
Le Coadou, Anne
Montesinos, Isabel
Bruyneel, Marie
Cadière, Guy-Bernard
Vandenberg, Olivier
Van Laethem, Yves
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description Among 359 healthcare workers (HCW) employed in Panzi General Referral Hospital located in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 148 (41.2%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Thirty-three (22.3%) of the 148 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms evoking a prior COVID-19 illness. None of the infected HCWs reported COVID-related hospitalization, and all of them recovered. Our findings indicate high and underestimated circulation of SARS-CoV-2 within the Bukavu area.
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spelling pubmed-80456522021-04-19 High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Healthcare Workers in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Mukwege, Denis Byabene, Aline Kusinza Akonkwa, Eric Mungu Dahma, Hafid Dauby, Nicolas Cikwanine Buhendwa, Jean-Paul Le Coadou, Anne Montesinos, Isabel Bruyneel, Marie Cadière, Guy-Bernard Vandenberg, Olivier Van Laethem, Yves Am J Trop Med Hyg Articles Among 359 healthcare workers (HCW) employed in Panzi General Referral Hospital located in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 148 (41.2%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Thirty-three (22.3%) of the 148 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms evoking a prior COVID-19 illness. None of the infected HCWs reported COVID-related hospitalization, and all of them recovered. Our findings indicate high and underestimated circulation of SARS-CoV-2 within the Bukavu area. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2021-04 2021-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8045652/ /pubmed/33591936 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1526 Text en © The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Open Access statement. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited, a link to the CC License is provided, and changes – if any – are indicated.
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Byabene, Aline Kusinza
Akonkwa, Eric Mungu
Dahma, Hafid
Dauby, Nicolas
Cikwanine Buhendwa, Jean-Paul
Le Coadou, Anne
Montesinos, Isabel
Bruyneel, Marie
Cadière, Guy-Bernard
Vandenberg, Olivier
Van Laethem, Yves
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title_sort high sars-cov-2 seroprevalence in healthcare workers in bukavu, eastern democratic republic of congo
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8045652/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33591936
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-1526
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