SARS-CoV-2 infection and antibody seroprevalence in routine surveillance patients, healthcare workers and general population in Kita region, Mali: an observational study 2020-2021.

Dagmar AlberFadima Cheick HaidaraJuho LuomaLaura AdubraPer AshornUlla AshornHenry BadjiElaine Cloutman-GreenFatoumata DialloRikhard IhamuotilaNigel KleinOwen MartellUma U OnwuchekwaOumar SamakéSamba O SowAwa TraoreKevin WilsonCamilla DuckerYue-Mei Fan

Published in: BMJ open (2022)

SARS-CoV-2 in rural Mali is much more widespread than assumed by national testing data and particularly in the older population and frontline HCWs. The observation is contrary to the widely expressed view, based on limited data, that COVID-19 infection rates were lower in 2020-2021 in West Africa than in other settings.

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