A Tale of 2 Studies: Study Design and Our Understanding of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Editorial

Ross M Boyce et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 2;73(9):e3124-e3126.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1868.

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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Keywords: COVID-19; coronavirus; epidemiology; seroprevalence.

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Comparison of Estimated Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seroprevalence Through Commercial Laboratory Residual Sera Testing and a Community Survey.
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