Brief Summary in Lay Language
The objective of this study is to determine the proportion of people in the general population of Heidelberg and the Rhein-Neckar region with antibodies against the coronavirus.
Brief Summary in Scientific Language
The primary objective of this study is to estimate the age-group specific prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among the general population of Heidelberg and the Rhein-Neckar region. In total 1500 persons from five age-groups will be randomly selected from the population registers. Study participants will be tested for antibodies at three different time points: one study visit will take place during the current epidemic, one post-epidemic and one between these two timepoints. A questionnaire will be administered at each study visit to collect information about symptoms and potential risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Study Overview
| Study name | Serial cross-sectional seroprevalence study of SARS-CoV-2 infection during and post-epidemic periods in Heidelberg and the Rhein-Neckar region, Germany |
| Project | SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study |
| Sources of Monetary or Material Support | SAP (Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung) |
| Region(s) | Germany |
| Location(s) | Heidelberg and the Rhein-Neckar Kreis (16 municipalities in total) |
| Primary outcome | Seroprevalence for SARS-CoV-2, stratified by age over time |
| Research Question | The age-group specific prevalence of cross-reactive antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among the general population of Heidelberg and the Rhein-Neckar region (RNR) in Germany |
| Diagnostic test(s) used |
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| Antibody class(es) | IgG, IgM |
| Study population N | 1500 |
| Total population in the area | ~700,000 |
| Principal Investigator | Claudia Denkinger , University Hospital Heidelberg, Division of Tropical Medicine , Claudia.Denkinger@uni-heidelberg.de |
| Team members |
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| Period | 2020-07 till 2020-10 |
| Study start | 2020-05 |
| First results expected | 2020-12 |
Study metadata
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