Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2, Verona, Italy, April-May 2020

We used random sampling to estimate the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Verona, Italy. Of 1,515 participants, 2.6% tested positive by serologic assay and 0.7% by reverse transcription PCR. We used latent class analysis to estimate a 3.0% probability of infe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2021-01, Vol.27 (1), p.229-232
Hauptverfasser:	Guerriero, Massimo, Bisoffi, Zeno, Poli, Albino, Micheletto, Claudio, Conti, Antonio, Pomari, Carlo
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Aged Asymptomatic Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - blood COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - virology Disease transmission Dispatch Epidemics Epidemiology Female Hospitals Humans IgG Immunology Infections Infectious Diseases Italy - epidemiology Laboratories Latent class analysis Life Sciences & Biomedicine Male Middle Aged Population Prevalence Public health random sample survey Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction RT-PCR SARS-CoV-2 SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification Science & Technology Serologic Tests Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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Zusammenfassung:	We used random sampling to estimate the prevalence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Verona, Italy. Of 1,515 participants, 2.6% tested positive by serologic assay and 0.7% by reverse transcription PCR. We used latent class analysis to estimate a 3.0% probability of infection and 2.0% death rate.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid2701.202740