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. 2020 Oct 16;5:871–888. doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.10.004

Table A1.

Input data: Seroprevalence in general human populations 34 studies. The references for Tables A1 and A2 are available from the corresponding author

Country Year Year of study Sero-prevalence Sample size Sample type Region/Area Climate
Austria 2015 2009 7.2% 1010 Blood donors (BD) Tyrol/Rural Alpine
Belgium 2016 2011 4.3% 209 BD South/Rural Temperate
Belgium 2016 2011 3.1% 193 BDs South/Urban Temperate
England 1989 1989 2.7% 75 Controls Northwest/Rural Temperate
Finland 1995 1993 4.0% 50 Healthy people Southwest/Urban Humid Continental
France 1997 1997 3.2% 31 BD Ile de Paris/Mixed Temperate Continental
France 1993 1990 16.0% 100 General population Urban Central Temperate Continental
Germany 1996 1992 4.0% 200 BD Brandenburg/∖mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 2012 2010 9.4% 6954 Adults National/Mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 1998 1992 8.0% 133 BD Bavaria/Mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 1993 1993 8.0% 3736 BD Berlin/Mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 1989 1988 6.0% 334 Healthy people North Bavaria/Mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 2012 2012 4.8% 12614 Children and adolescents National/Mixed Temperate Continental
Germany 1996 1996 14.8% 4896 General population South Bavaria/Mixed Temperate Continental
Ireland 1998 1998 3.4% 1224 Gen pop/hi med low prev National/Mixed Temperate Island
Ireland 1991 1991 9.8% 400 Gen pop/hi med low prev National/Mixed Temperate Island
Italy 2005 2005 4.9% 365 BD Tuscany/Mixed Temperate Continental
Lithuania 1994 1990 4.0% 163 Urban National/Urban Temperate Continental
Netherlands 1993 1990 5.0% 151 Office workers National/Urban Temperate
Netherlands 1991 1989 9.0% 1052 BD National/Rural + Urban Temperate
Netherlands 1991 1989 6.3% 127 controls matched age/residence National/Rural? Temperate
Poland 1998 1998 6.0% 100 BD Lublin/Urban Temperate Continental
Poland 2019 2018 13.1% 199 BD National/urban Temperate Continental
Scotland 2015 2011 4.2% 1440 BD National/Rural + Urban Temperate Island
Slovenia 2000 2000 12.6% 143 Children young adults National/Rural + Urban Temperate Continental
Sweden 2001 2000 4.2% 408 BD Southeast/Rural + Urban Temperate continental
Sweden 1997 1997 13.5% 185 Island residents Koster Islands Temperate continental
Sweden 1993 1989 2.0% 50 BD’s non endemic/City/hospital North/Urban Temperate continental
Sweden 1993 1989 8.7% 150 BD Stockholm/Urban Temperate continental
Sweden 2014 2004 11.0% 90 BD Not stated Temperate continental
Sweden 2001 2000 5.3% 249 Clerks Southwest/Urban Temperate continental
Sweden 2007 2003 8.0% 200 ND Regional/Rural + Urban] Temperate continental
Sweden 2007 2003 14.0% 200 BD Regional/Rural + Urban] Temperate continental
Sweden 2007 2003 12.0% 200 BD Regional/Rural + Urban] Temperate continental
Switzerland 1991 1986 6.0% 50 General population Alpine Rural + Urban Alpine temperate
Turkey 2018 2014 4.1% 368 General population Erzincan/Mixed Dry
Turkey 2019 2018 6.0% 193 BD Düzce/Rural Dry