Morbidity and mortality burden of COVID-19 in rural Madagascar: results from a longitudinal cohort and nested seroprevalence study.
Andrés GarchitorenaLova Tsikiniaina RasoloharimananaRado Jl RakotonanaharyMichelle V EvansAnn C MillerKaren E FinneganLaura F CordierGiovanna CowleyBenedicte RazafinjatoMarius RandriamanambintsoaSamuel AndrianambininaStephen J PopperRaphaël HotahieneMatthew H BondsMatthieu SchoenhalsPublished in: International journal of epidemiology (2023)
Our study provides a very granular understanding on COVID-19 transmission and mortality in a rural population of sub-Saharan Africa and suggests that the disease burden in these areas may have been substantially underestimated.