Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in women attending antenatal care in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based surveillance.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We conducted serosurveillance of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among pregnant women attending their first antenatal care.

Setting

The surveillance was set in one referral hospital in Harar, one district hospital and one health centre located in Haramaya district in rural eastern Ethiopia.

Participants

We collected questionnaire data and a blood sample from 3312 pregnant women between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. We selected 1447 blood samples at random and assayed these for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies at Hararghe Health Research laboratory using WANTAI SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Test for total immunoglobulin.

Outcome

We assayed for anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and temporal trends in seroprevalence were analysed with a χ² test for trend and multivariable

SUBMITTER: Assefa N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613670 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature