Mady Cissoko, Jordi Landier, Bourema Kouriba, Abdoul Karim Sangare, Abdoulaye Katilé, Abdoulaye A Djimde, Ibrahima Berthé, Siriman Traore, Ismaila Thera, Maiga Hadiata, Elisabeth Sogodogo, Karyn Coulibaly, Abdoulaye Guindo, Ousmane Dembele, Souleymane Sanogo, Zoumana Doumbia, Charles Dara, Mathias Altmann, Emmanuel Bonnet, Hubert Balique, Luis Sagaon-Teyssier, Laurent Vidal, Issaka Sagara, Marc-Karim Bendiane, Jean Gaudart
OBJECTIVES: In low-income settings with limited access to diagnosis, COVID-19 information is scarce. In September 2020, after the first COVID-19 wave, Mali reported 3086 confirmed cases and 130 deaths. Most reports originated from Bamako, with 1532 cases and 81 deaths (2.42 million inhabitants). This observed prevalence of 0.06% appeared very low. Our objective was to estimate SARS-CoV-2 infection among inhabitants of Bamako, after the first epidemic wave. We assessed demographic, social and living conditions, health behaviours and knowledges associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity...
April 20, 2023: BMJ Open