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SUBMITTER: Streeck H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672059 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20201117 1
A SARS-CoV2 super-spreading event occurred during carnival in a small town in Germany. Due to the rapidly imposed lockdown and its relatively closed community, this town was seen as an ideal model to investigate the infection fatality rate (IFR). Here, a 7-day seroepidemiological observational study was performed to collect information and biomaterials from a random, household-based study population. The number of infections was determined by IgG analyses and PCR testing. We found that of the 91 ...[more]