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. 2022 Feb;28(2):429-431.
doi: 10.3201/eid2802.211689.

SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence before Delta Variant Surge, Chattogram, Bangladesh, March-June 2021

Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Juan Dent Hulse, Sonia T Hegde, Marjahan Akhtar, Taufiqul Islam, Zahid Hasan Khan, Ishtiakul Islam Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Mamunur Rashid, Rumana Rashid, Emily S Gurley, Tahmina Shirin, Ashraful Islam Khan, Andrew S Azman, Firdausi Qadri

SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence before Delta Variant Surge, Chattogram, Bangladesh, March-June 2021

Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

A March-June 2021 representative serosurvey among Sitakunda subdistrict (Chattogram, Bangladesh) residents found an adjusted prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 antibodies of 64.1% (95% credible interval 60.0%-68.1%). Before the Delta variant surge, most residents had been infected, although cumulative confirmed coronavirus disease incidence was low.

Keywords: Bangladesh; COVID-19; Delta variant; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; seroepidemiologic studies; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; zoonoses.

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