Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2

Megan O’Driscoll; Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos; Lin Wang; Derek A. T. Cummings; Andrew S. Azman; Juliette Paireau; Arnaud Fontanet; Simon Cauchemez; Henrik Salje

doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2918-0

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Case fatality ratePandemicDemographyMedicineTransmission (telecommunications)PopulationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Mortality rateSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Herd immunitySeroprevalenceDiseaseEnvironmental healthInfectious disease (medical specialty)ImmunologyInternal medicineSerology

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 590
Issue: 7844
Pages: 140-145
Citations: 1276
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                                    Megan O’Driscoll, 
                                
                                    Gabriel Ribeiro dos Santos, 
                                
                                    Lin Wang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Age-specific mortality and immunity patterns of SARS-CoV-2. 
                            Nature
                            , 590
                            (7844)
                            , 140-145.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2918-0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2918-0