Rafei Rayane, Tajer Layla, Nour Dalal, Abboud Karen, Ankoud Dima, Osman Marwan, Bedotto Marielle, Ismail Mohamad Bachar, Dabboussi Fouad, Colson Philippe, Hamze Monzer
Laboratoire Microbiologie Santé et Environnement (LMSE), Doctoral School for Science & Technology, Faculty of Public Health, Lebanese University, Tripoli 1300, Lebanon.
Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Aix-Marseille University, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005 Marseille, France.
Pathogens. 2024 Oct 3;13(10):872. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13100872.
This study aimed to investigate the SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence among >18-year-old students in the Faculty of Public Health and Faculty of Sciences at the Lebanese University in Tripoli, Northern Lebanon, in June 2023 and to characterize the circulating Omicron subvariants. Out of 357 participants, only 2 (0.56%) tested positive by qPCR, corresponding to 0.61% (2/326) of asymptomatic students. One case tested positive with a qPCR targeting the Omicron BA.2 variant. These findings indicate a low incidence at that time and emphasize the interest of SARS-CoV-2 surveillance among students.
本研究旨在调查2023年6月黎巴嫩北部的黎波里黎巴嫩大学公共卫生学院和理学院18岁以上学生中SARS-CoV-2感染率，并对流行的奥密克戎亚变体进行特征分析。在357名参与者中，只有2人（0.56%）通过定量聚合酶链反应（qPCR）检测呈阳性，无症状学生的阳性率为0.61%（2/326）。1例通过针对奥密克戎BA.2变体的qPCR检测呈阳性。这些发现表明当时发病率较低，并强调了对学生进行SARS-CoV-2监测的重要性。
