SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Latin America. A Population-based Study in Coastal Ecuador | Zendy

Óscar H. Del Brutto | Zendy; Aldo F. Costa | Zendy; Robertino M. Mera | Zendy; Bettsy Y. Recalde | Zendy; Javier A. Bustos | Zendy; Héctor H. Garcı́a | Zendy

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SARS-CoV-2 in Rural Latin America. A Population-based Study in Coastal Ecuador

Author(s) -

Óscar H. Del Brutto,

Aldo F. Costa,

Robertino M. Mera,

Bettsy Y. Recalde,

Javier A. Bustos,

Héctor H. Garcı́a

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciaa1055

Subject(s) - latin americans , covid-19 , rural population , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , latrine , population , medicine , feces , geography , demography , socioeconomics , virology , sanitation , outbreak , biology , pathology , political science , ecology , electrical engineering , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , engineering , law

Antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) were detected in 303/673 rural Ecuadorian adults (45%), 77% of whom had compatible clinical manifestations. Seropositivity was associated with the use of open latrines. Our findings support the fears of mass spread of SARS-CoV-2 in rural Latin America and cannot exclude a contributing role for fecal-oral transmission.

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