SARS-CoV-2 population-based seroprevalence studies in Europe: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to review SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence studies conducted in Europe to understand how they may be used to inform ongoing control strategies for COVID-19.

Design

Scoping review of peer-reviewed publications and manuscripts on preprint servers from January 2020 to 15 September 2020.

Primary measure

Seroprevalence estimate (and lower and upper CIs). For studies conducted across a country or territory, we used the seroprevalence estimate and the upper and lower CIs and compared them to the total number of reported infections to calculate the ratio of reported to expected infections.

Results

We identified 23 population-based seroprevalence studies conducted in Europe. Among 12 general population studies, seroprevalence ranged from 0.42% among residua

SUBMITTER: Grant R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8021754 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature