Communications Medicine (May 2022)
German federal-state-wide seroprevalence study of 1st SARS-CoV-2 pandemic wave shows importance of long-term antibody test performance
- 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
Affiliations
- Stefan Lohse
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Anna Sternjakob-Marthaler
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Paul Lagemann
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Jakob Schöpe
- Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University Medical Center
- Jürgen Rissland
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Nastasja Seiwert
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Thorsten Pfuhl
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Alana Müllendorff
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Laurent S. Kiefer
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Markus Vogelgesang
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Luca Vella
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Katharina Denk
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Julia Vicari
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Anabel Zwick
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Isabelle Lang
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- Gero Weber
- Physical Geography and Environmental Research, Saarland University
- Jürgen Geisel
- Central Laboratory, Saarland University Hospital
- Jörg Rech
- Ministry of Health, Social Affairs, Women and the Family
- Bernd Schnabel
- Ministry of Health, Social Affairs, Women and the Family
- Gunter Hauptmann
- Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Saarland
- Bernd Holleczek
- Ministry of Health, Social Affairs, Women and the Family
- Heinrich Scheiblauer
- Paul-Ehrlich-Institut
- Stefan Wagenpfeil
- Institute for Medical Biometry, Epidemiology and Medical Informatics, Saarland University Medical Center
- Sigrun Smola
- Institute of Virology, Saarland University Medical Center
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00100-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 2,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
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.
