SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence in Sierra Leone, March 2021: a cross-sectional, nationally representative, age-stratified serosurvey

• Tushar Singh,
• Eugene T Richardson,
• Raphael Frankfurter,
• Rashid Ansumana,
• Sulaiman Lakoh,
• Curtis Blanton,
• Osman Sankoh,
• Mohamed Vandi,
• Mohamed Samai,
• Mohamed Bailor Barrie,
• J Daniel Kelly,
• Joseph Sam Kanu,
• James Sylvester Squire,
• Zikan Koroma,
• Silleh Bah,
• Abdulai Brima,
• Sarah A Goldberg,
• Smit Chitre,
• Chidinma Osuagwu,
• Justin Maeda,
• Bernard Barekye,
• Tamuno-Wari Numbere,
• Mohammed Abdulaziz,
• Anthony Mounts

Affiliations

Tushar Singh

1 Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Eugene T Richardson

1 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Raphael Frankfurter

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA

Rashid Ansumana

Mercy Hospital Research Laboratory, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sulaiman Lakoh

Sustainable Health Systems, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Curtis Blanton

2 Emergency Response and Recovery Branch, Division of Global Health Protection, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Osman Sankoh

10 INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana

Mohamed Vandi

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Mohamed Samai

College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone

Mohamed Bailor Barrie

Institute for Global Health Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA

J Daniel Kelly

Institute for Global Health Sciences, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA

Joseph Sam Kanu

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone

James Sylvester Squire

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone

Zikan Koroma

Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Western Area Urban, Sierra Leone

Silleh Bah

Statistics Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Abdulai Brima

Statistics Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone

Sarah A Goldberg

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF, San Francisco, California, USA

Smit Chitre

Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Chidinma Osuagwu

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Justin Maeda

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Bernard Barekye

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tamuno-Wari Numbere

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mohammed Abdulaziz

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Anthony Mounts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA