Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence Among Adults in a Tropical City of the Caribbean Area, Colombia: Are We Much Closer to Herd Immunity Than Developed Countries?

A serological survey was carried out in Monteria (500 000 population), a mid-size city in Colombia. An overall prevalence of 55.3% (95% confidence interval, 52.5%–57.8%) was found among a sample of 1.368 people randomly selected from the population. Test positivity was related to economic characteristics with the highest prevalence found in the most impoverished areas, representing 83.8% of the city’s population. We found a prevalence that might be associated with some important level of population immunity.

• Autores: Mattar Velilla, Ameth Salim; Alvis Guzmán, Nelson; Garay Montalvo, Evelin; Rivero, Ricardo; García Pérez, Alejandra; Botero, Yesica; Miranda Regino, Jorge Luis; Galeano Anaya, Ketty Esther; De la Hoz, Fernando; Martínez Bravo, Caty Milena; Arrieta Bernate, Germán Javier; Faccini Martínez, Álvaro Adolfo; Guzmán Terán, Camilo Antonio; Kerguelen, Hugo; Moscote, María; Contreras, Héctor; Contreras Cogollo, Veronica
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 2020
• Institución: Corporación Universitaria del Caribe - CECAR
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital CECAR
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.cecar.edu.co:cecar/10798
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.cecar.edu.co/handle/cecar/10798
• Palabra clave: Coronavirus; ELISA; Infectious disease transmission; Poverty areas; Socioeconomic status
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos reservados - Corporación Universitaria de Caribe - CECAR