SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Latin America. A Population-based Study in Coastal Ecuador-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Latin America. A Population-based Study in Coastal Ecuador

Published:2020-07-27 Issue:2 Volume:73 Page:314-317
ISSN:1058-4838
Container-title:Clinical Infectious Diseases
language:en
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Author:

Del Brutto Oscar H¹^ORCID,Costa Aldo F²,Mera Robertino M³,Recalde Bettsy Y²,Bustos Javier A⁴,García Héctor H⁴

Affiliation:

1. School of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo–Ecuador, Samborondon, Ecuador

2. Community Center, The Atahualpa Project, Atahualpa, Ecuador

3. Department of Epidemiology, Gilead Sciences, Inc, Foster City, California, USA

4. Center for Global Health, Department of Microbiology, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

Abstract

Abstract Antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were detected in 303/673 rural Ecuadorian adults (45%), 77% of whom had compatible clinical manifestations. Seropositivity was associated with the use of open latrines. Our findings support the fears of mass spread of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America and cannot exclude a contributing role for fecal-oral transmission.

Funder

Universidad Espíritu Santo–Ecuador

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical)

Link

http://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/cid/ciaa1055/33787356/ciaa1055.pdf

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