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German federal-state-wide seroprevalence study of 1st SARS-CoV-2 pandemic wave shows importance of long-term antibody test performance

Authors :
Stefan Lohse
Anna Sternjakob-Marthaler
Paul Lagemann
Jakob Schöpe
Jürgen Rissland
Nastasja Seiwert
Thorsten Pfuhl
Alana Müllendorff
Laurent S. Kiefer
Markus Vogelgesang
Luca Vella
Katharina Denk
Julia Vicari
Anabel Zwick
Isabelle Lang
Gero Weber
Jürgen Geisel
Jörg Rech
Bernd Schnabel
Gunter Hauptmann
Bernd Holleczek
Heinrich Scheiblauer
Stefan Wagenpfeil
Sigrun Smola
Source :
Communications Medicine, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Lohse, Sternjakob-Marthaler et al. assess anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody responses of adults in the Saarland region of Germany after the first pandemic wave. They calculate infection and fatality rates, demonstrating that SARS-Cov-2 infections during this period were underreported.

Subjects

Subjects :
Medicine

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2730664X
Volume :
2
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Communications Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.53e42b6960c0476b83872f0cd1c79e11
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00100-z