Abstract

The devastating effect of health system overload was observed after cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) peaked in April 2020 in Belém, a capital metropolis in the Brazilian Amazon. Our results showed a high seroprevalence (39.24%) of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies among the population of the capital of the state of Pará after the first wave of the pandemic. Old age, mixed race, a high school education level, low income and contact with infected individuals are risk factors and may be driving seropositivity and exposure to SARS-CoV-2 in this population. This study is one of the first to provide important information to understand the socioeconomic inequalities, behavioral characteristics and viral transmission dynamics associated with the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the capital of the state of Pará, northern Brazil.

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Title
Seroprevalence and risk factors for COVID-19 in the metropolis of the Brazilian Amazon
Author
da Silva Torres Maria Karoliny 1 ; Lopes, Felipe Teixeira 1 ; de Lima Aline Cecy Rocha 1 ; Lima Carlos Neandro Cordeiro 1 ; dos Santos Brito Wandrey Roberto 1 ; dos Santos Bernardo Cintra 2 ; de Sousa Renata Santos 2 ; Gomes Jayanne Lilian Carvalho 2 ; Botelho Bruno José Sarmento 2 ; Correa Ana Carolina Alves 2 ; Machado Luiz Fernando A 1 ; Feitosa Rosimar Neris Martins 1 ; Lima, Sandra Souza 1 ; Vallinoto Izaura Maria Vieira Cayres 1 ; Vallinoto Antonio Carlos R 1 

 Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal Do Pará-UFPA), Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Belém, Pará, Brazil (GRID:grid.271300.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2171 5249); Graduate Program in Biology of Infectious and Parasitic Agents, Belém, Brazil (GRID:grid.271300.7) 
 Federal University of Pará (Universidade Federal Do Pará-UFPA), Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Belém, Pará, Brazil (GRID:grid.271300.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 2171 5249) 
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2667090872
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2022. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.