COVID-19 morbidity in Afghanistan: a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The primary objectives were to determine the magnitude of COVID-19 infections in the general population and age-specific cumulative incidence, as determined by seropositivity and clinical symptoms of COVID-19, and to determine the magnitude of asymptomatic or subclinical infections.

Design, setting and participants

We describe a population-based, cross-sectional, age-stratified seroepidemiological study conducted throughout Afghanistan during June/July 2020. Participants were interviewed to complete a questionnaire, and rapid diagnostic tests were used to test for SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. This national study was conducted in eight regions of Afghanistan plus Kabul province, considered a separate region. The total sample size was 9514, and the number of participants r

SUBMITTER: Saeedzai SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9334691 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature