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High seroprevalence in Peruvian population recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection – News-Medical.Net
By the middle of 2020, Iquitos, Peru, had the highest number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the world. Despite natural immunity, the city experienced a second coronavirus…
Research led by Antonio M. Quispe of Centro de Investigación en Bioingeniería, Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología in Peru examined infection rates in Iquitos, Peru at different time points in 2020.
Seroprevalence was found to be 70% in the population, which indicates that most people in the area were infected at some point and developed immunity to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
By the middle of 2020, Iquitos, Peru, had the highest number of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies…
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