Early Circulation of SARS-CoV-2, Congo, 2020

To determine when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 arrived in Congo, we retrospectively antibody tested 937 blood samples collected during September 2019–February 2020. Seropositivity significantly increased from 1% in December 2019 to 5.3% in February 2020, before the first officiall...

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Autores principales: Bonguili, Novy Charel Bobouaka, Fritz, Matthieu, Lenguiya, Leadisaelle Hosanna, Mayengue, Pembe Issamou, Koukouikila-Koussounda, Félix, Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis, Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua, Leroy, Eric M., Niama, Fabien R.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35180374
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.212476
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author Bonguili, Novy Charel Bobouaka
Fritz, Matthieu
Lenguiya, Leadisaelle Hosanna
Mayengue, Pembe Issamou
Koukouikila-Koussounda, Félix
Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis
Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua
Leroy, Eric M.
Niama, Fabien R.
author_facet Bonguili, Novy Charel Bobouaka
Fritz, Matthieu
Lenguiya, Leadisaelle Hosanna
Mayengue, Pembe Issamou
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Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis
Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua
Leroy, Eric M.
Niama, Fabien R.
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description To determine when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 arrived in Congo, we retrospectively antibody tested 937 blood samples collected during September 2019–February 2020. Seropositivity significantly increased from 1% in December 2019 to 5.3% in February 2020, before the first officially reported case in March 2020, suggesting unexpected early virus circulation.
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spelling pubmed-89628882022-04-02 Early Circulation of SARS-CoV-2, Congo, 2020 Bonguili, Novy Charel Bobouaka Fritz, Matthieu Lenguiya, Leadisaelle Hosanna Mayengue, Pembe Issamou Koukouikila-Koussounda, Félix Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua Leroy, Eric M. Niama, Fabien R. Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter To determine when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 arrived in Congo, we retrospectively antibody tested 937 blood samples collected during September 2019–February 2020. Seropositivity significantly increased from 1% in December 2019 to 5.3% in February 2020, before the first officially reported case in March 2020, suggesting unexpected early virus circulation. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2022-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8962888/ /pubmed/35180374 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.212476 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis
Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua
Leroy, Eric M.
Niama, Fabien R.
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