Global SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence from January 2020 to April 2022: A systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based studies

I Bergeri, MG Whelan, H Ware, L Subissi… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Our understanding of the global scale of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection remains incomplete: Routine surveillance data …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications

AT Levin, N Owusu-Boaitey, S Pugh, BK Fosdick… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction The infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 has been carefully measured and
analysed in high-income countries, whereas there has been no systematic analysis of age …

SARS-CoV-2 infection in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of standardised seroprevalence studies, from January 2020 to December 2021

HC Lewis, H Ware, M Whelan, L Subissi, Z Li, X Ma… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Estimating COVID-19 cumulative incidence in Africa remains problematic due to
challenges in contact tracing, routine surveillance systems and laboratory testing capacities …

Nationally representative SARS-CoV-2 antibody prevalence estimates after the first epidemic wave in Mexico

A Basto-Abreu, M Carnalla, L Torres-Ibarra… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Seroprevalence surveys provide estimates of the extent of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the
population, regardless of disease severity and test availability. In Mexico in 2020, COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Plasmodium infection induces cross-reactive antibodies to carbohydrate epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein

S Lapidus, F Liu, A Casanovas-Massana, Y Dai… - MedRxiv, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Individuals with acute malaria infection generated high levels of antibodies that cross-react
with the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein. Cross-reactive antibodies specifically recognized the …

Cross‐reactivity of SARS‐CoV‐2 with other pathogens, especially dengue virus: A historical perspective

D Dutta, A Ghosh, C Dutta, S Sukla… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Dengue is a vector‐borne viral disease caused by a Flavivirus whereas the COVID‐19
pandemic was caused by a highly contagious virus, SARS‐CoV‐2 belonging to the family …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 cross-reactivity in prepandemic serum from rural malaria-infected persons, Cambodia

J Manning, I Zaidi, C Lon, LA Rosas… - Emerging infectious …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Inhabitants of the Greater Mekong Subregion in Cambodia are exposed to
pathogens that might influence serologic cross-reactivity with severe acute respiratory …

Design and performance characteristics of the Elecsys anti-SARS-CoV-2 S assay

K Taffertshofer, M Walter, P Mackeben… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Automated, high throughput assays are required to quantify the immune
response after infection with or vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome …

[HTML][HTML] Twelve lateral flow immunoassays (LFAs) to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies

SI Owen, CT Williams, G Garrod, AJ Fraser, S Menzies… - Journal of Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
Background There are an abundance of commercially available lateral flow assays (LFAs)
that detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. Whilst these are usually evaluated by the …

Global SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of standardized population-based studies from Jan 2020-May 2022

I Bergeri, M Whelan, H Ware, L Subissi, A Nardone… - medRxiv, 2021 - medrxiv.org
Background Our understanding of the global scale of SARS-CoV-2 infection remains
incomplete: routine surveillance data underestimates infection and cannot infer on …