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This research aims to assess the infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 during a super-spreading event.

Infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 in a super-spreading event in Germany

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This research aims to assess the infection fatality rate of SARS-CoV2 during a super-spreading event.
Conducted a 7-day seroepidemiological observational study.
Collected information and biomaterials from randomly selected households.
Determined infection status using IgG analyses and PCR testing.
15.5% of 919 individuals tested positive for infection.
22.2% of infected individuals were asymptomatic.
Estimated infection fatality rate was 0.36% for the community.

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Observational study examines SARS-CoV2 infection fatality rate in a community, suggesting implications for pandemic understanding.

Streeck et al. (2020) studied this question.

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