The COVID-19 puzzle: deciphering pathophysiology and phenotypes of a new disease entity

MF Osuchowski, MS Winkler, T Skirecki… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
The zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 continues to spread worldwide, with
devastating consequences. While the medical community has gained insight into the …

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 …

Nationally representative results on SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and testing in Germany at the end of 2020

H Neuhauser, AS Rosario, H Butschalowsky, S Haller… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside
hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide …

Robust neutralizing antibody levels detected after either SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or one year after infection

S Glöckner, F Hornung, M Baier, S Weis, MW Pletz… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Humoral immunity after infection or after vaccination against severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been attributed a key part in mitigating the …

The role of risk communication in public health interventions. An analysis of risk communication for a community quarantine in Germany to curb the SARS-CoV-2 …

J Scholz, W Wetzker, A Licht, R Heintzmann… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Separating ill or possibly infectious people from their healthy community is one
of the core principles of non-pharmaceutical interventions. However, there is scarce …

Public health risk communication through the lens of a quarantined community: Insights from a coronavirus hotspot in Germany

A Licht, W Wetzker, J Scholz, A Scherag, S Weis… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Quarantine is one of the most effective interventions to contain an infectious
disease outbreak, yet it is one of the most disruptive. We investigated the quarantine of an …

Seroepidemiologische Studien zu SARS-CoV-2 in Stichproben der Allgemeinbevölkerung und bei Blutspenderinnen und Blutspendern in Deutschland–Ergebnisse …

H Neuhauser, N Buttmann-Schweiger, U Ellert, J Fiebig… - 2021 - edoc.rki.de
Seroepidemiologische Studien geben Aufschluss über den Bevölkerungsanteil, der bereits
eine SARS-CoV-2-Infektion durchgemacht hat und schließen dabei auch nicht erkannte …

Prospective surveillance study in a 1,400‐bed university hospital: COVID‐19 exposure at home was the main risk factor for SARS‐CoV‐2 point seroprevalence among …

C Bahrs, A Kimmig, S Weis, J Ankert… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The Co‐HCW study is a prospective cohort study among hospital staff, including healthcare
workers (HCWs) and administration staff, at the Jena University Hospital (JUH), Germany …

Non-patient-related SARS-CoV-2 exposure from colleagues and household members poses the highest infection risk for hospital employees in a German university …

C Bahrs, S Weis, M Kesselmeier, J Ankert, S Hagel… - Infection, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose The Co-HCW study is a prospective, longitudinal, single-center
observational study that aims to assess the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and infection …

One year monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 prevalence in a German cohort of patients with cystic fibrosis

A Jaudszus, M Pavlova, M Rasche, M Baier… - BMC Pulmonary …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background In Germany, the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
was registered on 28 January 2020. By February 2021, the third wave of the pandemic …