Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Baja California, Mexico: Findings from a community-based survey in February 2021 in the Mexico-United States border by Oscar E. Zazueta, Richard S. Garfein, J. Oggun Cano-Torres, César A. Méndez-Lizárraga, Timothy C. Rodwell, Raquel Muñiz-Salazar, Diego F. Ovalle-Marroquín, Neiba G. Yee, Idanya Rubí Serafín-Higuera, Susana González-Reyes, Jesus Rene Machado-Contreras, Lucy E. Horton, Steffanie A. Strathdee, Ruth Rodríguez, Linda Hill, Ietza Bojórquez-Chapela

“…Given the high prevalence of active SARS-CoV-2 infection in Baja California at the end of the first year of the pandemic, combined with its low seroprevalence and the considerable proportion of vaccine hesitancy, this important area along the Mexico-United States border faces major challenges in terms of health literacy and vaccine uptake, which need to be further explored, along with its implications for border restrictions in future epidemics.…”
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