Disproportionate Rates of COVID-19 Among Black Canadian Communities: Lessons from a Cross-Sectional Study in the First Year of the Pandemic.
Upton D AllenMichelle BartonJulia UptonAnnette BaileyAaron CampigottoMariana AbdulnoorJean-Philippe JulienJonathan GubbayNiranjan KissoonAlice LitoshMaria-Rosa La NevePeter WongAndrew AllenRenee BaileyWalter ByrneRanjeeta JagoowaniChantal PhillipsManuela Merreles-PulciniAlicia PolackCheryl PrescodArjumand SiddiqiAlexander SummersKimberly ThompsonSylvanus ThompsonCarl Jamesnull nullPublished in: Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities (2024)
During the early phases of the pandemic, the seropositivity within a COVID-19 high-prevalence zone was threefold greater than lower prevalence areas of Ontario. Black individuals were among those with the highest seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2.