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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2024 Sep;30(9):1939-1943.
doi: 10.3201/eid3009.240640.
Participatory, Virologic, and Wastewater Surveillance Data to Assess Underestimation of COVID-19 Incidence, Germany, 2020-2024
Anna Loenenbach, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Peter Puetz, Barbara Biere, Susan Abunijela, Silke Buda, Michaela Diercke, Ralf Dürrwald, Timo Greiner, Walter Haas, Maria Helmrich, Kerstin Prahm, Jakob Schumacher, Marianne Wedde, Udo Buchholz
Using participatory, virologic, and wastewater surveillance systems, we estimated when and to what extent reported data of adult COVID-19 cases underestimated COVID-19 incidence in Germany. We also examined how case underestimation evolved over time. Our findings highlight how community-based surveillance systems can complement official notification systems for respiratory disease dynamics.
Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incidence of notified cases; pandemic public health and social measures; participatory surveillance; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; wastewater surveillance; zoonoses.
. 2024 Sep;30(9):1939-1943.
doi: 10.3201/eid3009.240640.
Participatory, Virologic, and Wastewater Surveillance Data to Assess Underestimation of COVID-19 Incidence, Germany, 2020-2024
Anna Loenenbach, Ann-Sophie Lehfeld, Peter Puetz, Barbara Biere, Susan Abunijela, Silke Buda, Michaela Diercke, Ralf Dürrwald, Timo Greiner, Walter Haas, Maria Helmrich, Kerstin Prahm, Jakob Schumacher, Marianne Wedde, Udo Buchholz
- PMID: 39174033
- DOI: 10.3201/eid3009.240640
Using participatory, virologic, and wastewater surveillance systems, we estimated when and to what extent reported data of adult COVID-19 cases underestimated COVID-19 incidence in Germany. We also examined how case underestimation evolved over time. Our findings highlight how community-based surveillance systems can complement official notification systems for respiratory disease dynamics.
Keywords: COVID-19; Germany; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; incidence of notified cases; pandemic public health and social measures; participatory surveillance; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; wastewater surveillance; zoonoses.