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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Aug;27(8):2166-2168.
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.210502.
SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence among Outpatients during Community Transmission, Zambia, July 2020
Jonas Z Hines, Sombo Fwoloshi, Davies Kampamba, Danielle T Barradas, Dabwitso Banda, James E Zulu, Adam Wolkon, Samuel Yingst, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Mpanji Siwingwa, Lameck Chirwa, Muzala Kapina, Nyambe Sinyange, Victor Mukonka, Kennedy Malama, Lloyd B Mulenga, Simon Agolory
Abstract
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.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Zambia; coronavirus disease; disease control strategies; disease transmission; pandemics; real-time PCR; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; whole genome sequencing; zoonoses.
. 2021 Aug;27(8):2166-2168.
doi: 10.3201/eid2708.210502.
SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence among Outpatients during Community Transmission, Zambia, July 2020
Jonas Z Hines, Sombo Fwoloshi, Davies Kampamba, Danielle T Barradas, Dabwitso Banda, James E Zulu, Adam Wolkon, Samuel Yingst, Mary Adetinuke Boyd, Mpanji Siwingwa, Lameck Chirwa, Muzala Kapina, Nyambe Sinyange, Victor Mukonka, Kennedy Malama, Lloyd B Mulenga, Simon Agolory
- PMID: 34287124
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2708.210502
Abstract
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.
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Zambia; coronavirus disease; disease control strategies; disease transmission; pandemics; real-time PCR; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; whole genome sequencing; zoonoses.