What is the prevalence of COVID-19 detection by PCR among deceased individuals in Lusaka, Zambia? A postmortem surveillance study.

Christopher J GillLawrence MwananyandaWilliam B MacLeodGeoffrey KwendaRachel C PieciakLauren EtterDaniel BridgesChilufya ChikotiSarah ChirwaCharles ChimogaLeah FormanBen KatowaRotem LapidotJames LunguJaphet MatobaGift MwingaBenjamin MubembaZachariah MupilaWalter MuleyaMulenga MwendaBenard NgomaRuth NakazweDiana NzaraNatalie PawlakLillian PembaNgonda SaasaEdgar SimulunduBaron YankondeDonald M Thea

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

COVID-19 was common among deceased individuals in Lusaka. Antemortem testing was rarely done, and almost never for community deaths. Suspicion that COVID-19 was the cause of deaths was highest for those with a respiratory syndrome and lowest for individuals <19 years.

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