SARS-CoV-2 incidence, transmission and reinfection in a rural and an urban setting: results of the PHIRST-C cohort study, South Africa, 2020-2021

• Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
• Main Authors: Cohen, Cheryl, Kleynhans, Jackie, von Gottberg, Anne, McMorrow, Meredith L, Wolter, Nicole, Bhiman, Jinal N, Moyes, Jocelyn, du Plessis, Mignon, Carrim, Maimuna, Buys, Amelia, Martinson, Neil A, Kahn, Kathleen, Tollman, Stephen, Lebina, Limakatso, Wafawanaka, Floidy, du Toit, Jacques, Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Francesc, Dawood, Fatimah S, Mkhencele, Thulisa, Sun, Kaiyun, Viboud, Cécile, Tempia, Stefano
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 04.12.2021

By August 2021, South Africa experienced three SARS-CoV-2 waves; the second and third associated with emergence of Beta and Delta variants respectively. We conducted a prospective cohort study during July 2020-August 2021 in one rural and one urban community. Mid-turbinate nasal swabs were collected...