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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Autores:

Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson
DE LA HOZ RESTREPO, FERNANDO
Serrano Coll, Hector
Gastelbondo, Bertha Irina
MATTAR, SALIM

Tipo de recurso:

Article of journal

Fecha de publicación:

2021

Institución:

Corporación Universidad de la Costa

Repositorio:

REDICUC - Repositorio CUC

Idioma:

spa

OAI Identifier:

oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/8557

Acceso en línea:

https://hdl.handle.net/11323/8557
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/

Palabra clave:

Case fatality rate
COVID-19
developing countries
infection fatality rate
lethality
SARS COV 2

Rights

openAccess

License

CC0 1.0 Universal