Using serological studies to assess COVID-19 infection fatality rate in developing countries: A case study from one Colombian department
This study describe the infection fatality rate (IFR) by COVID-19 by age groups in one department of Colombia. It used results from a serological survey to stablish a closer estimation of the true proportion of infected people. It found an overall IFR of 0.24% quite lower than the overall CFR (5.6%)...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Institución: | Corporación Universidad de la Costa |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio REDICUC |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/8557 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11323/8557 https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/ |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Case fatality rate COVID-19 developing countries infection fatality rate lethality SARS COV 2 |
| Sumario: | This study describe the infection fatality rate (IFR) by COVID-19 by age groups in one department of Colombia. It used results from a serological survey to stablish a closer estimation of the true proportion of infected people. It found an overall IFR of 0.24% quite lower than the overall CFR (5.6%). We conclude that CFR severely overestimate the lethality of COVID-19 in developing areas. |
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