From first to second wave: follow-up of the prospective COVID-19 cohort (KoCo19) in Munich (Germany).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the 2nd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, knowledge about the dynamics of the infection in the general population is still limited. Such information is essential for health planners, as many of those infected show no or only mild symptoms and thus, escape the surveillance system. We therefore aimed to describe the course of the pandemic in the Munich general population living in private households from April 2020 to January 2021.

Methods

The KoCo19 baseline study took place from April to June 2020 including 5313 participants (age 14 years and above). From November 2020 to January 2021, we could again measure SARS-CoV-2 antibody status in 4433 of the baseline participants (response 83%). Participants were offered a self-sampling kit to take a capillary blood sample

SUBMITTER: Radon K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8423599 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature