%0 Journal Article %9 ACL : Articles dans des revues avec comité de lecture répertoriées par l'AERES %A Bonguili, N. C. B. %A Fritz, Matthieu %A Lenguiya, L. H. %A Mayengue, P. I. %A Koukouikila-Koussounda, F. %A Dossou-Yovo, L. R. %A Badzi, C. N. %A Leroy, Eric %A Niama, F. R. %T Early circulation of SARS-CoV-2, Congo, 2020 %D 2022 %L fdi:010084764 %G ENG %J Emerging Infectious Diseases %@ 1080-6040 %K CONGO %M ISI:000788001700029 %N 4 %P 878-880 %R 10.3201/eid2804.212476 %U https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010084764 %> https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/2022-06/010084764.pdf %V 28 %W Horizon (IRD) %X To determine when severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 arrived in Congo, we retrospectively antibody tested 937 blood samples collected during September 2019-February 2020. Seropositivity significantly increased from 1% in December 2019 to 5.3% in February 2020, before the first officially reported case in March 2020, suggesting unexpected early virus circulation. %$ 052 ; 050