Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the Icelandic Population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the current worldwide pandemic, coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) was first diagnosed in Iceland at the end of February. However, data are limited on how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, enters and spreads in a population.

Methods

We targeted testing to persons living in Iceland who were at high risk for infection (mainly those who were symptomatic, had recently traveled to high-risk countries, or had contact with infected persons). We also carried out population screening using two strategies: issuing an open invitation to 10,797 persons and sending random invitations to 2283 persons. We sequenced SARS-CoV-2 from 643 samples.

Results

As of April 4, a total of 1221 of 9199 persons (13.3%) who were recruited for targeted testing had posit

SUBMITTER: Gudbjartsson DF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7175425 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature