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Differences in SARS-CoV-2 infections during the first and second wave of SARS-CoV-2 between six ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: A population-based longitudinal serological study
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surveillance data highincome countries reported frequent sarscov2 diagnoses ethnic minority groups examined cumulative incidence sarscov2 determinants six ethnic groups amsterdam netherlandswe analysed participants enrolled populationbased helius cohort tested sarscov2specific antibodies answered covid19related questions june 24october 9 2020 first wave november 23 2020march 31 2021 second wave modelled sarscov2 incidence january 1 2020march 31 2021 using markov models adjusted age sex compared incidence ethnic groups time identified determinants incident infection within ethnic groups2497 participants tested first wave 2083 834 tested second wave median age first visit 54 years interquartile range4461 566 female compared dutchorigin participants 159 cumulative sarscov2 incidence higher participants southasian surinamese 250 adjusted hazard ratio ahr166 95ci116240 african surinamese 289 ahr197 95ci137283 turkish 370 ahr267 95ci189378 moroccan 419 ahr313 95ci222442 ghanaian 646 ahr600 95ci433830 origin compared dutch origin differences incidence became wider second versus first wave ethnic minority groups pvalues interaction005 except ghanaians household members suspected sarscov2 infection larger household size low health literacy common determinants sarscov2 incidence across groupssarscov2 incidence higher largest ethnic minority groups amsterdam particularly second wave prevention measures including vaccination encouraged groupszonmw public health service amsterdam dutch heart foundation european union european fund integration noneu immigrants