Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 antibody prevalence in people with and without HIV in rural Western Kenya, January to March 2020. (15th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Crowell, Trevor A.; Daud, Ibrahim I.; Maswai, Jonah; Owuoth, John; Sing'oei, Valentine; Imbach, Michelle; Dear, Nicole; Sawe, Fred; Eller, Leigh Anne; Polyak, Christina S.; Ake, Julie A.
• Other Names: collaborator.
• Is Part Of: AIDS. Volume 35:Number 14(2021)
• Page Start: 2401
• Page End: 2404
• Publication Date: 2021-11-15
• Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Periodicals; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; AIDS (Disease); Periodicals; Periodicals; 616.9792005
• DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003054
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-9370

Abstract

Abstract : Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Abstract : : Among 582 participants in Western Kenya who were retrospectively tested from January through March 2020, 19 (3.3%) had detectable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The prevalence of detectable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies was similar between participants with and without HIV (3.1% vs. 4%, P = 0.68). One participant reported a cough in the preceding week but others denied symptoms. These may represent cross-reactivity or asymptomatic infections that predated the first reported COVID-19 cases in Kenya.