High SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in Healthcare Workers in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Overview

Journal Am J Trop Med Hyg

Specialty Tropical Medicine

Date 2021 Feb 16

PMID 33591936

Citations 29

Authors

Denis Mukwege

Aline Kusinza Byabene

Eric Mungu Akonkwa

Hafid Dahma

Nicolas Dauby

Jean-Paul Cikwanine Buhendwa

Anne Le Coadou

Isabel Montesinos

Marie Bruyneel

Guy-Bernard Cadiere

Olivier Vandenberg

Yves Van Laethem

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Abstract

Among 359 healthcare workers (HCW) employed in Panzi General Referral Hospital located in Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 148 (41.2%) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. Thirty-three (22.3%) of the 148 personnel with positive serology reported symptoms evoking a prior COVID-19 illness. None of the infected HCWs reported COVID-related hospitalization, and all of them recovered. Our findings indicate high and underestimated circulation of SARS-CoV-2 within the Bukavu area.

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