Nadine Glaser, Sophie Diexer, Bianca Klee, Dr Oliver Purschke, Prof Dr Med Mascha Binder, Prof Dr Med Thomas Frese, Prof Dr Med Matthias Girndt, Pd Dr Med Jessica Höll, Dr Irene Moor, Prof Dr Med Jonas Rosendahl, Prof Dr Med Michael Gekle, Prof Dr Med Daniel Sedding, Prof Dr Med Rafael Mikolajczyk, Dr Cornelia Gottschick
OBJECTIVES: In winter 2022/23 SARS-CoV-2 had developed into one of many seasonal respiratory pathogens, causing an additional burden of acute respiratory infections (ARI). While testing was still widely used, many positive tests were not reported for the official statistics. Using data from a population-based cohort, we aimed to investigate the contribution of SARS-CoV-2 to the burden of ARI. METHODS: Over 70,000 participants of the German population-based DigiHero study were invited to a questionnaire about the number and time point of ARI, and SARS-CoV-2 test results in winter 2022/23...
April 15, 2024: International Journal of Infectious Diseases: IJID