Early Circulation of SARS-CoV-2, Congo, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Bonguili, Novy Charel Bobouaka ; Fritz, Matthieu ; Lenguiya, Leadisaelle Hosanna ; Mayengue, Pembe Issamou ; Koukouikila-Koussounda, Félix ; Dossou-Yovo, Louis Régis ; Badzi, Cynthia Nkoua ; Leroy, Eric M. ; Niama, Fabien R.
• Description:
  To determine when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 arrived in Congo, we retrospectively antibody tested 937 blood samples collected during September 2019-February 2020. Seropositivity significantly increased from 1% in December 2019 to 5.3% in February 2020, before the first officially reported case in March 2020, suggesting unexpected early virus circulation.
• Subjects:
  Covid-19 Humans Retrospective Studies Sars-Cov-2
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(4):878-880
• Pubmed ID:
  35180374
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8962888
• Document Type:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Congo
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:50c0c6360c1e39e11b7be45dd6b82f0cdd7db0577a3eec7ce95ce35ab9aaabe7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116346/cdc_116346_DS1.pdf
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