Nature Communications (Jun 2021)
Temporal trends of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kenya
- Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa,
- Sophie Uyoga,
- John N. Gitonga,
- Daisy Mugo,
- Mark Otiende,
- James Nyagwange,
- Henry K. Karanja,
- James Tuju,
- Perpetual Wanjiku,
- Rashid Aman,
- Mercy Mwangangi,
- Patrick Amoth,
- Kadondi Kasera,
- Wangari Ng’ang’a,
- Charles Rombo,
- Christine Yegon,
- Khamisi Kithi,
- Elizabeth Odhiambo,
- Thomas Rotich,
- Irene Orgut,
- Sammy Kihara,
- Christian Bottomley,
- Eunice W. Kagucia,
- Katherine E. Gallagher,
- Anthony Etyang,
- Shirine Voller,
- Teresa Lambe,
- Daniel Wright,
- Edwine Barasa,
- Benjamin Tsofa,
- Philip Bejon,
- Lynette I. Ochola-Oyier,
- Ambrose Agweyu,
- J. Anthony G. Scott,
- George M. Warimwe
Affiliations
- Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Sophie Uyoga
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- John N. Gitonga
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Daisy Mugo
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Mark Otiende
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- James Nyagwange
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Henry K. Karanja
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- James Tuju
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Perpetual Wanjiku
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Rashid Aman
- Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
- Mercy Mwangangi
- Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
- Patrick Amoth
- Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
- Kadondi Kasera
- Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya
- Wangari Ng’ang’a
- Presidential Policy & Strategy Unit, The Presidency, Government of Kenya
- Charles Rombo
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Christine Yegon
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Khamisi Kithi
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Elizabeth Odhiambo
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Thomas Rotich
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Irene Orgut
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Sammy Kihara
- Kenya National Blood Transfusion Services, Ministry of Health
- Christian Bottomley
- Department of Infectious Diseases Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street
- Eunice W. Kagucia
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Katherine E. Gallagher
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Anthony Etyang
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Shirine Voller
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Teresa Lambe
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University
- Daniel Wright
- Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford University
- Edwine Barasa
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Benjamin Tsofa
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Philip Bejon
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Lynette I. Ochola-Oyier
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- Ambrose Agweyu
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- J. Anthony G. Scott
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- George M. Warimwe
- KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24062-3
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
The reported burden of SARS-CoV-2 has been relatively low in tropical Africa compared to Europe and the Americas, but estimating true infection rates is challenging. Here, the authors screen blood donors in Kenya for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and describe spatiotemporal seroprevalence dynamics.
