Nature Communications (Aug 2021)
COVID-19 spread, detection, and dynamics in Bogota, Colombia
- Rachid Laajaj,
- Camilo De Los Rios,
- Ignacio Sarmiento-Barbieri,
- Danilo Aristizabal,
- Eduardo Behrentz,
- Raquel Bernal,
- Giancarlo Buitrago,
- Zulma Cucunubá,
- Fernando de la Hoz,
- Alejandro Gaviria,
- Luis Jorge Hernández,
- Leonardo León,
- Diane Moyano,
- Elkin Osorio,
- Andrea Ramírez Varela,
- Silvia Restrepo,
- Rodrigo Rodriguez,
- Norbert Schady,
- Martha Vives,
- Duncan Webb
Affiliations
- Rachid Laajaj
- University of Los Andes
- Camilo De Los Rios
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Ignacio Sarmiento-Barbieri
- University of Los Andes
- Danilo Aristizabal
- University of Los Andes
- Eduardo Behrentz
- University of Los Andes
- Raquel Bernal
- University of Los Andes
- Giancarlo Buitrago
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Zulma Cucunubá
- Imperial College London
- Fernando de la Hoz
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia
- Alejandro Gaviria
- University of Los Andes
- Luis Jorge Hernández
- University of Los Andes
- Leonardo León
- University of Los Andes
- Diane Moyano
- Secretaria de Salud de Bogota
- Elkin Osorio
- Secretaria de Salud de Bogota
- Andrea Ramírez Varela
- University of Los Andes
- Silvia Restrepo
- University of Los Andes
- Rodrigo Rodriguez
- Secretaria de Salud de Bogota
- Norbert Schady
- World Bank
- Martha Vives
- University of Los Andes
- Duncan Webb
- Paris School of Economics
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25038-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Detailed information on SARS-CoV-2 infection rates in Latin America by occupation, socioeconomic group and geographic area are rarely available. Here, the authors provide these estimates for in Bogota, Colombia using data from a sentinel surveillance scheme, and find that over half the population had been infected by March 2021.
