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Department of Agriculture and Family Health, Pawe Woreda Agricultural Office, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
Birhanu Kebede works at Agricultural Extension and Family Health, Pawe Woreda Metekel Zone, Ethiopia. His area of research interests includes agriculture and family health. He published vatious articles on relevent areas.
Research Article
Seroprevalence of Antivirals and Risks of Acquiring among Quarantined Individuals in North West Ethiopia: A Survey Study
Author(s): Fassikaw Kebede, Tsehay Kebede, Birhanu Kebede and Agumas Fentahun Ayalew*
Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is a worldwide spreading pandemic respiratory disease caused by a positive
single strand (RNA) virus. The efforts for preventing COVID-19 pandemic remain fruitless and ineffective. So
this study aims to assess Seroprevalence, Knowledge and Practice of COVID-19 prevention among quarantined
individual in North West Ethiopia.
Methods: Institutional-based survey was conducted on COVID-19 suspected quarantined individuals from 21
April-30 December 2020. The collected data were edited and enter into EPI-DATA 3.1 version, then export to
STATA/R-14 (SE) software for analysis.
Results: Of 4233 quarantined individuals who received the SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody test, 4230/99.78% were
interviewed with a 99.82% response rate. The overall seroprevalence of COVID-19 symptom suspected quarantined
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DOI:
10.35248/1948-5964.21.13.230