Seroepidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in an urban Nicaraguan population

Authors :: Sylvia Becker-Dreps
Natalie M. Bowman
Eduing Centeno Cuadra
Lakshmanane Premkumar
Christian Toval-Ruíz
Fredman González
Rebecca Rubinstein
Lester Gutierrez
Nadja A. Vielot
Michael Sciaudone
Patricia Blandón
Aravinda M. de Silva
Filemon Bucardo
Source :: medRxiv
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2021.
Abstract: In a Nicaraguan population-based cohort, SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence was 34%, with higher prevalence in children compared to adults. Having a seropositive household member was associated with a two-fold probability of individual seropositivity, suggesting a role for household transmission. Co-morbidities and preventive behaviors were not associated with SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence.