This mixed design synthesis aimed to estimate the infection fatality rate (IFR) of Coronavirus
Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in community-dwelling elderly populations and other age groups …

The largest burden of COVID-19 is carried by the elderly, and persons living in nursing
homes are particularly vulnerable. However, 94% of the global population is younger than …

Background Serological surveys have been the gold standard to estimate numbers of SARS-
CoV-2 infections, the dynamics of the epidemic, and disease severity. Serological assays …

Abstract Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside
hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide …

Background Evidence on the relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and
infections with SARS-CoV-2 is still limited as most of the available studies are ecological in …

Abstract Pre-vaccine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence data from Germany are scarce outside
hotspots, and socioeconomic disparities remained largely unexplored. The nationwide RKI …

Continuous appearance of SARS-CoV-2 variants and mass vaccination have been
intricately influencing on the COVID-19 situation. To elucidate the current status in Japan …

The infection fatality rate (IFR) of COVID-19 among non-elderly people in the absence of
vaccination or prior infection is important to estimate accurately, since 94% of the global …

Background COVID-19 exhibits a steep age gradient of infection fatality rate. There has
been debate about whether extra protection of elderly and other vulnerable individuals …

Objectives Despite positive trends in SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology, seroprevalence surveys
remain an important tool for estimating the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study …