Reconciling estimates of global spread and infection fatality rates of COVID‐19: an overview of systematic evaluations

JPA Ioannidis - European journal of clinical investigation, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Estimates of community spread and infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID‐19
have varied across studies. Efforts to synthesize the evidence reach seemingly discrepant …

Antibody responses in COVID-19: a review

M Chvatal-Medina, Y Mendez-Cortina… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread
worldwide as a severe pandemic. Although its seroprevalence is highly variable among …

Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons towards a more effective response to public health emergencies

Y Assefa, CF Gilks, S Reid, R van de Pas… - Globalization and …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a timely
reminder of the nature and impact of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of infection and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 among children and adolescents in households, communities and educational settings: A systematic review …

O Irfan, J Li, K Tang, Z Wang, ZA Bhutta - Journal of global health, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background There is uncertainty with respect to SARS-CoV-2 transmission in children (0-19
years) with controversy on effectiveness of school-closures in controlling the pandemic. It is …

Comparison of seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infections with cumulative and imputed COVID-19 cases: systematic review

O Byambasuren, CC Dobler, K Bell, DP Rojas, J Clark… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Accurate seroprevalence estimates of SARS-CoV-2 in different populations
could clarify the extent to which current testing strategies are identifying all active infection …

The impact of school reopening on the spread of COVID-19 in England

MJ Keeling, MJ Tildesley, BD Atkins… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
By mid-May 2020, cases of COVID-19 in the UK had been declining for over a month; a multi-
phase emergence from lockdown was planned, including a scheduled partial reopening of …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of COVID-19 in Iran: results of the first survey of the Iranian COVID-19 Serological Surveillance programme

K Khalagi, S Gharibzadeh, D Khalili… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives This study aims to estimate the prevalence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) in the general population of Iran. Methods The target population was all Iranian people …

[HTML][HTML] Serial population-based serosurveys for COVID-19 in two neighbourhoods of Karachi, Pakistan

MI Nisar, N Ansari, F Khalid, M Amin, H Shahbaz… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To determine population-based estimates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) in a densely populated urban community of Karachi, Pakistan. Methods Three cross …

High prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after the first wave of COVID-19 in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: results of a cross-sectional …

AN Nkuba, SM Makiala, E Guichet, PM Tshiminyi… - 2022 - edoc.rki.de
Background On October, 2020, after the first wave of COVID-19, only 8290 confirmed cases
were reported in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the real prevalence …

High prevalence of anti–severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Anti–SARS-CoV-2) antibodies after the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

AN Nkuba, SM Makiala, E Guichet… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background In October 2020, after the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19), only 8290 confirmed cases were reported in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of …