TY - JOUR
T1 - SARS-CoV-2 serosurvey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
AU - Kempen, John H.
AU - Abashawl, Aida
AU - Suga, Hilkiah K.
AU - Difabachew, Mesfin Nigussie
AU - Kempen, Christopher J.
AU - Debele, Melaku Tesfaye
AU - Menkir, Abel A.
AU - Assefa, Maranatha T.
AU - Asfaw, Eyob H.
AU - Habtegabriel, Leul B.
AU - Addisie, Yohannes Sitotaw
AU - Nilles, Eric J.
AU - Longenecker, Joseph C.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by International Clinical Laboratories, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (laboratory testing expenses), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA (compliance expenses), and J. H. K. (staffing expenses).
Funding Information:
Financial support: This work was supported by International Clinical Laboratories, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (laboratory testing expenses), Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA (compliance expenses), and J. H. K. (staffing expenses).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - In a serosurvey of asymptomatic people from the general population recruited from a clinical laboratory in May 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, three of 99 persons tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG (3.0%, 95% binomial exact confidence interval: 0.6-8.6%). Taking into account pretest probability and the sampling scheme, the range of plausible population prevalence values was approximately 1.0-8.4%. These results suggest that a larger number of people have been infected than the counts detected by surveillance to date; nevertheless, the results suggest the large majority of the general population in Addis Ababa currently is susceptible to COVID-19.
AB - In a serosurvey of asymptomatic people from the general population recruited from a clinical laboratory in May 2020 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, three of 99 persons tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 IgG (3.0%, 95% binomial exact confidence interval: 0.6-8.6%). Taking into account pretest probability and the sampling scheme, the range of plausible population prevalence values was approximately 1.0-8.4%. These results suggest that a larger number of people have been infected than the counts detected by surveillance to date; nevertheless, the results suggest the large majority of the general population in Addis Ababa currently is susceptible to COVID-19.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0816
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.20-0816
M3 - Article
C2 - 32975182
AN - SCOPUS:85096218378
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 103
SP - 2022
EP - 2023
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -