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Volume 28, Number 6—June 2022
Dispatch

Rapid Increase of Community SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence during Second Wave of COVID-19, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Francis Ateba Ndongo, Emilande GuichetComments to Author , Eric Donald Mimbé, Justin Ndié, Raphael Pelloquin, Marie Varloteaux, Livo Esemu, Mireille Mpoudi-Etame, Nadine Lamare, Ginette Edoul, Rodrigue Kamga Wouambo, Dowbiss Meta Djomsi, Marcel Tongo, Félicité Naah Tabala, Rogacien Kana Dongmo, Mamadou Saliou Kalifa Diallo, Julie Bouillin, Guillaume Thaurignac, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Eric Delaporte, Anne-Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, and Eitel Mpoudi-Ngolé
Author affiliations: Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon Division of Operational Research in Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon (F. Ateba Ndongo, J. Ndié, F.N. Tabala, R.K. Dongmo, A.-C. Zoung-Kanyi Bissek); Recherches Translationnelles sur le VIH et les Maladies Infectieuses, University of Montpellier, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Montpellier, France (E. Guichet, R. Pelloquin, M.S.K. Diallo, J. Bouillin, G. Thaurignac, A. Ayouba, M. Peeters, E. Delaporte); French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Infectious Diseases, Cameroon Site, Central Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé (E.D. Mimbé, M. Varloteaux, A.-C. Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, E. Mpoudi-Ngolé); Centre de Recherche sur les Maladies Emergentes et Réémergentes, Yaoundé (L. Esemu, N. Lamare, G. Edoul, R. Kamga Wouambo, D. Meta Djomsi, M. Tongo, E. Mpoudi-Ngolé); Military Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé (M. Mpoudi-Etame)

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Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of participants in study of community SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence during second wave of COVID-19 epidemic, by sex, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 2021*

Characteristic Survey 1, January 27–February 6
Survey 2, April 24–May 19
Female Male Total Female Male Total
Age group, y n = 786 n = 1,234
0–19 132 (28.3) 123 (37.7) 255 (32.2) 261 (36.3) 208 (40.8) 469 (38.0)
20–39 205 (44.7) 103 (31.8) 308 (39.3) 278 (38.6) 165 (32.1) 443 (35.9)
>40
124 (27.0)
99 (30.7)
223 (28.5)

181 (25.1)
141 (27.4)
322 (26.1)
Marital status n = 638 n = 1,216
Single 186 (48.1) 133 (54.0) 319 (50.0) 442 (62.4) 365 (71.9) 807 (66.4)
Married or living as a couple 158 (40.8) 109 (43.4) 267 (41.9) 216 (30.5) 132 (26.0) 348 (28.6)
Divorced or separated 37 (9.6) 3 (1.2) 40 (6.3) 43 (6.1) 10 (2.0) 53 (4.4)
Widower or widow
6 (1.6)
6 (2.4)
12 (1.9)

7 (1.0)
1 (0.0)
8 (1.0)
Education n = 681 n = 1,227
None 26 (6.4) 11 (4.0) 37 (5.4) 75 (10.5) 45 (8.8) 120 (9.8)
Primary school 81 (19.8) 52 (19.1) 133 (19.5) 197 (27.6) 137 (26.8) 334 (27.2)
Secondary school 213 (52.1) 131 (48.2) 344 (50.5) 323 (45.2) 203 (39.7) 526 (42.9)
University
89 (21.8)
78 (28.7)
167 (24.5)

120 (16.8)
127 (24.8)
247 (20.1)
Profession n = 620 n = 1,192
Student 100 (26.6) 75 (30.7) 175 (28.2) 242 (34.9) 201 (40.4) 443 (37.2)
Sales or service 67 (17.8) 46 (18.9) 113 (18.2) 145 (20.9) 70 (14.1) 215 (18.0)
Women or men at home 102 (27.1) 0 (0.0) 102 (16.5) 126 (18.2) 4 (0.8) 130 (10.9)
Professional or manager 40 (10.6) 28 (11.5) 68 (11.0) 59 (8.5) 52 (10.4) 111 (9.3)
Construction 0 (0.0) 16 (6.6) 16 (2.6) 1 (0.0) 9 (1.8) 10 (0.8)
Unemployed 20 (5.3) 21 (8.6) 41 (6.6) 71 (10.2) 65 (13.1) 136 (11.4)
Other
47 (12.5)
58 (23.8)
105 (17.0)

50 (7.2)
97 (19.5)
147 (12.3)
Total 461 (58.7) 325 (41.3) 786 (100.0) 720 (58.3) 514 (41.7) 1,234 (100.0)

*Values are no. (%) participants.

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