Nature Communications (Jun 2022)
Cross-sectional seroprevalence surveys of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in children in Germany, June 2020 to May 2021
- Anna-Lisa Sorg,
- Leon Bergfeld,
- Marietta Jank,
- Victor Corman,
- Ilia Semmler,
- Anna Goertz,
- Andreas Beyerlein,
- Eva Verjans,
- Norbert Wagner,
- Horst Von Bernuth,
- Fabian Lander,
- Katharina Weil,
- Markus Hufnagel,
- Ute Spiekerkoetter,
- Cho-Ming Chao,
- Lutz Naehrlich,
- Ania Carolina Muntau,
- Ulf Schulze-Sturm,
- Gesine Hansen,
- Martin Wetzke,
- Anna-Maria Jung,
- Tim Niehues,
- Susanne Fricke-Otto,
- Ulrich Von Both,
- Johannes Huebner,
- Uta Behrends,
- Johannes G. Liese,
- Christian Schwerk,
- Christian Drosten,
- Ruediger Von Kries,
- Horst Schroten
Affiliations
- Anna-Lisa Sorg
- Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Leon Bergfeld
- Institute of Virology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Marietta Jank
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- Victor Corman
- Institute of Virology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Ilia Semmler
- Institute of Virology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Anna Goertz
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- Andreas Beyerlein
- Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Eva Verjans
- Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
- Norbert Wagner
- Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
- Horst Von Bernuth
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, and Critical Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Fabian Lander
- Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University (TU) Dresden
- Katharina Weil
- Department of General Paediatrics, Neonatology, and Paediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf
- Markus Hufnagel
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Centre, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg
- Ute Spiekerkoetter
- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Centre, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg
- Cho-Ming Chao
- University Medical Centre Rostock, Department of Paediatrics, University of Rostock
- Lutz Naehrlich
- Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Centre, German Centre of Lung Research, Department of Paediatrics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen
- Ania Carolina Muntau
- University Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Hamburg- Eppendorf
- Ulf Schulze-Sturm
- University Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Hamburg- Eppendorf
- Gesine Hansen
- Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Excellence Cluster RESIST, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Martin Wetzke
- Centre for Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Excellence Cluster RESIST, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Anna-Maria Jung
- Department of General Paediatrics, Neonatology, Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, Saarland University Hospital
- Tim Niehues
- Department of Paediatrics, Helios Klinikum Krefeld
- Susanne Fricke-Otto
- Department of Paediatrics, Helios Klinikum Krefeld
- Ulrich Von Both
- Johannes Huebner
- Dr von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Uta Behrends
- Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Technical University Munich
- Johannes G. Liese
- University Hospital of Wuerzburg, Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Infectious Diseases
- Christian Schwerk
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- Christian Drosten
- Institute of Virology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Ruediger Von Kries
- Institute of Social Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Paediatric Epidemiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Horst Schroten
- Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Paediatrics, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30482-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Children are less likely to be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and develop less severe disease than adults, which makes estimation of infection rates challenging. Here, the authors conduct seroprevalence surveys of children in Germany, describe changes in prevalence over time, and identify risk factors for infection.
