Mario Martin Beatris, Cadavid Restrepo Angela, Mayfield Helen J, Then Paulino Cecilia, De St Aubin Micheal, Duke William, Jarolim Petr, Zielinski Gutiérrez Emily, Skewes Ramm Ronald, Dumas Devan, Garnier Salome, Etienne Marie Caroline, Peña Farah, Abdalla Gabriela, Lopez Beatriz, de la Cruz Lucia, Henríquez Bernarda, Baldwin Margaret, Sartorius Benn, Kucharski Adam, Nilles Eric James, Lau Colleen L
School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
Ministry of Health and Social Assistance, Santo Domingo 10514, Dominican Republic.
Trop Med Infect Dis. 2023 Nov 4;8(11):493. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed8110493.
Incidence of COVID-19 has been associated with sociodemographic factors. We investigated variations in SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence at sub-national levels in the Dominican Republic and assessed potential factors influencing variation in regional-level seroprevalence. Data were collected in a three-stage cross-sectional national serosurvey from June to October 2021. Seroprevalence of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (anti-S) was estimated and adjusted for selection probability, age, and sex. Multilevel logistic regression was used to estimate the effect of covariates on seropositivity for anti-S and correlates of 80% protection (PT) against symptomatic infection for the ancestral and Delta strains. A total of 6683 participants from 134 clusters in all 10 regions were enrolled. Anti-S, PT80 for the ancestral and Delta strains odds ratio varied across regions, Enriquillo presented significant higher odds for all outcomes compared with Yuma. Compared to being unvaccinated, receiving ≥2 doses of COVID-19 vaccine was associated with a significantly higher odds of anti-S positivity (OR 85.94, [10.95-674.33]) and PT for the ancestral (OR 4.78, [2.15-10.62]) and Delta strains (OR 3.08, [1.57-9.65]) nationally and also for each region. Our results can help inform regional-level public health response, such as strategies to increase vaccination coverage in areas with low population immunity against currently circulating strains.
新冠病毒病(COVID-19)的发病率与社会人口学因素有关。我们调查了多米尼加共和国国家以下层面严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)血清阳性率的差异,并评估了影响地区层面血清阳性率差异的潜在因素。数据收集于2021年6月至10月进行的一项全国性三阶段横断面血清学调查。估计了针对SARS-CoV-2刺突蛋白(抗S)抗体的血清阳性率,并针对选择概率、年龄和性别进行了调整。采用多水平逻辑回归来估计协变量对血清抗S阳性率的影响,以及针对原始毒株和德尔塔毒株有症状感染的80%保护率(PT)的相关因素。来自所有10个地区134个群组的6683名参与者被纳入研究。抗S、原始毒株和德尔塔毒株的PT80比值比在各地区有所不同,恩里基略地区在所有结果方面的比值比均显著高于尤马地区。与未接种疫苗相比,接种≥2剂新冠病毒疫苗在全国以及每个地区均与抗S阳性率显著更高的比值比相关(比值比85.94,[10.95 - 674.33]),对于原始毒株(比值比4.78,[2.15 - 10.62])和德尔塔毒株(比值比3.08,[1.57 - 9.65])也是如此。我们的结果有助于为地区层面的公共卫生应对提供信息,例如在人群对当前流行毒株免疫力较低的地区提高疫苗接种覆盖率的策略。