Population-based cross-sectional seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 infection in urban residential areas in Ghana
Our data highlight a sustained national transmission of COVID-19 disease through individual contacts and suggests a situation of asymptomatic endemic circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and potential herd immunity.
Authors
- Christian Obirikorang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6128-1358)
- Evans Asamoah Adu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6374-0979)
- Nicole S. Struck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4753-5841)
- Eva Lorenz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6057-0078)
- Alfred Edwin Yawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6960-5751)
- John Amuasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8640-2662)
- Oumou Maïga Ascofaré
- Jenny Kettenbeil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4571-7545)
- Rose Odotei Adjei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4438-6190)
- A. Anane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-6165)
- Wibke Loag (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-365X)
- Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8912-9673)
- Alexander Owusu Boakye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1559-7673)
- Gracelyn Asare
- Aurélia Souares (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3984-5866)
- Yaw Adu Sarkodie
- James Deke
- Louis Adu-Amoah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6755-2545)
- Stephen Apanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7108-3454)
- Nana Safi Almoustapha
- Amos Amoako-Adusei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8002-463X)
- Eric Ebenezer Amprofi Boham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7161-1197)
- Matthew Grant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1334-4414)
- May J
- Hakim Alani
- Sylvester Newton
- Welbeck Odame Dzadey
- Sally-Ann Kroduah
- Ebenezer Oduro
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Center for Infection Research (DE)
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (GH)
- Chirurgische Universitätsklinik Heidelberg (DE)
- University for Development Studies (GH)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Public Health
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001994
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.74