mSphere (Feb 2021)
An Observational Laboratory-Based Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Diagnostics in Benin, Western Africa
- Anna-Lena Sander,
- Anges Yadouleton,
- Andres Moreira-Soto,
- Carine Tchibozo,
- Gildas Hounkanrin,
- Yvette Badou,
- Carlo Fischer,
- Nina Krause,
- Petas Akogbeto,
- Edmilson F. de Oliveira Filho,
- Anges Dossou,
- Sebastian Brünink,
- Christian Drosten,
- Melchior A. Joël Aïssi,
- Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey,
- Benjamin Hounkpatin,
- Michael Nagel,
- Jan Felix Drexler
Affiliations
- Anna-Lena Sander
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Anges Yadouleton
- Laboratoire des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales du Benin, Cotonou, Benin
- Andres Moreira-Soto
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Carine Tchibozo
- Laboratoire des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales du Benin, Cotonou, Benin
- Gildas Hounkanrin
- Laboratoire des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales du Benin, Cotonou, Benin
- Yvette Badou
- Laboratoire des Fièvres Hémorragiques Virales du Benin, Cotonou, Benin
- Carlo Fischer
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Nina Krause
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Petas Akogbeto
- Ministry of Health, Cotonou, Benin
- Edmilson F. de Oliveira Filho
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Anges Dossou
- Ministry of Health, Cotonou, Benin
- Sebastian Brünink
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Christian Drosten
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- Melchior A. Joël Aïssi
- Conseil National de Lutte contre le VIH-Sida, la Tuberculose, le Paludisme, les IST et les Epidémies, Cotonou, Benin
- Mamoudou Harouna Djingarey
- World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, Health Emergencies Programme, Brazzaville, Congo
- Benjamin Hounkpatin
- Ministry of Health, Cotonou, Benin
- Michael Nagel
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn, Germany
- Jan Felix Drexler
- ORCiD
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00979-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 6,
no. 1
Abstract
Months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, case numbers from Africa are surprisingly low, potentially because the number of SARS-CoV-2 tests performed in Africa is lower than in other regions. Here, we show an overload of COVID-19-related diagnostics in the central laboratory of Benin, Western Africa, with a stagnating average number of positive samples irrespective of daily sample counts.
