SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among blood donors in Uganda: 2019-2022.
Evan M BlochDorothy KyeyuneJodie L WhiteHenry DdunguSwetha AshokkumarFeben HabtehyimerOwen BakerRonnie KasiryeEshan U PatelM Kate GrabowskiEzra MusisiKhan MosesHeather A HumeIrene LubegaRuchee ShresthaMahnaz MotevalliReinaldo E FernandezSteven J ReynoldsAndrew D ReddHellen Wambongo MusanaAggrey DhabangiJoseph OumaPriscilla ErojuTelsa de LangeMary Glenn FowlerPhilippa MusokeSusan L StramerDenise WhitbyPeter A ZimmermanJeffrey McCulloughJaiprasath SachithanandhamAndrew PekoszRaymond P GoodrichThomas C QuinnPaul M NessOliver LaeyendeckerAaron A R TobianPublished in: Transfusion (2023)
Despite previously reported low numbers of COVID-19 cases and related deaths in Uganda, high SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and increasing antibody levels among blood donors indicated that the country experienced high levels of infection over the course of the pandemic.