Nationwide Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Saudi Arabia.
Nationwide Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Saudi Arabia.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jiph.2021.04.006
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发表时间:
2021-07
影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Aldibasi O
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作者:
Alharbi NK;Alghnam S;Algaissi A;Albalawi H;Alenazi MW;Albargawi AM;Alharbi AG;Alhazmi A;Al Qarni A;Alfarhan A;Zowawi HM;Alhatmi H;Alghamdi J;Alroqi F;Batarfi K;Arabi YM;Hashem AM;Bosaeed M;Aldibasi O
Estimated seroprevalence of Coronavirus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a critical evidence for a better evaluation of the virus spread and monitoring the progress of COVID-19 pandemic in a population. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence has been reported in specific regions, but an extensive nationwide study has not been reported. Here, we report a nationwide study to determine the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in the population of KSA during the pandemic, using serum samples from healthy blood donors, non-COVID patients and healthcare workers (HCWs) in six different regions of the kingdom, with addition samples from COVID-19 patients. A total of 11,703 serum samples were collected from different regions of the KSA including; 5395 samples from residual healthy blood donors (D); 5877 samples from non-COVID patients collected through residual sera at clinical biochemistry labs from non-COVID patients (P); and 400 samples from consented HCWs. To determine the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2, all serum samples, in addition to positive control sera from RT-PCR confirmed COVID-19 patients, were subjected to in-house ELISA with a sample pooling strategy, which was further validated by testing individual samples that make up some of the pools, with a statistical estimation method to report seroprevalence estimates. Overall (combining D and P groups) seroprevalence estimate was around 11% in Saudi Arabia; and was 5.1% (Riyadh), 1.5% (Jazan), 18.4% (Qassim), 20.8% (Hail), 14.7% (ER; Alahsa), and 18.8% in Makkah. Makkah samples were only D group and had a rate of 24.4% and 12.8% in the cities of Makkah and Jeddah, respectively. The seroprevalence in Saudi Arabia across the sampled areas would be 12 times the reported COVID-19 infection rate. Among HCWs, 7.5% (4.95–10.16 CI 95%) had reactive antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 without reporting any previously confirmed infection. This was higher in HCWs with hypertension. The study also presents the demographics and prevalence of co-morbidities in HCWs and subset of non-COVID-19 population. Our study estimates the overall national serological prevalence of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia to be 11%, with an apparent disparity between regions. This indicates the prevalence of asymptomatic or mild unreported COVID-19 cases.
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DOI:
10.3390/v12121390
发表时间:
2020-12-04
期刊:
Viruses
影响因子:
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作者:
Hashem AM;Algaissi A;Almahboub SA;Alfaleh MA;Abujamel TS;Alamri SS;Alluhaybi KA;Hobani HI;AlHarbi RH;Alsulaiman RM;ElAssouli MZ;Hala S;Alharbi NK;Alhabbab RY;AlSaieedi AA;Abdulaal WH;Bukhari A;Al-Somali AA;Alofi FS;Khogeer AA;Pain A;Alkayyal AA;Almontashiri NAM;Ahmad BM;Li X
通讯作者:
Li X
影响因子:
15.9
作者:
Wang, Yanqun;Zhang, Lu;Zhao, Jincun
通讯作者:
Zhao, Jincun
影响因子:
11.8
作者:
Young, Barnaby E.;Ong, Sean W. X.;Lye, David Chien
通讯作者:
Lye, David Chien
影响因子:
168.9
作者:
Pollan, Marina;Perez-Gomez, Beatriz;Yotti, Raquel
通讯作者:
Yotti, Raquel
影响因子:
120.7
作者:
Wang, Dawei;Hu, Bo;Peng, Zhiyong
通讯作者:
Peng, Zhiyong