Challenges in interpreting SARS-CoV-2 serological results in African countries

Antoine Nkuba Ndaye; Ana Hoxha; Joule Madinga; Joachim Mariën; Martine Peeters; Fabian H Leendertz; Steve Ahuka Mundeke; Kevin K Ariën; Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tanfumu; Placide Mbala Kingebeni; Veerle Vanlerberghe

doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00060-7

Challenges in interpreting SARS-CoV-2 serological results in African countries

Lancet Glob Health. 2021 May;9(5):e588-e589. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(21)00060-7. Epub 2021 Feb 17.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Virology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
² Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Public Health, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Institute of Tropical Medicine, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Electronic address: ahoxha@itg.be.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁴ Virology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁵ Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁶ Epidemiology of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms Project Group, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
⁷ Department of Virology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
⁸ Virology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
⁹ Department of Epidemiology, Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹⁰ Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Public Health, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Africa / epidemiology
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 Serological Testing*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Sensitivity and Specificity