Publications by authors named "Manja Unrath"

Purpose: To quantify the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in students and teachers in 14 Secondary schools in eastern Saxony, Germany. Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in study population. Number of undetected cases.

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  • - The study aimed to investigate how childcare facilities affect the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among preschool children, their parents, and caregivers in Dresden, Germany, from July 2020 to January 2021.
  • - A total of 318 children, 299 parents, and 233 childcare workers participated, revealing a 11% seropositivity in adults and 6.8% of children shedding the virus, with many cases unconnected to others in the study.
  • - The findings indicate that childcare facilities do not significantly contribute to the silent transmission of SARS-CoV-2, suggesting they do not play a major role in the pandemic's progression.
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Comparing seroprevalence and antibody kinetics in three different commercially available assays for SARS-CoV-2. Serostatus of COVID-19 patients was analyzed 5 months and 10 months after their infection, using three different assays: Diasorin LIAISON, Euroimmun, Abbott Diagnostics ARCHITECT. Seropositivity at baseline differed significantly depending on the assay (Diasorin 81%, Euroimmun 83%, Abbott 59%).

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Objective: To quantify the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in secondary schools after their reopening in May 2020.

Design: Repeated SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence study after the reopening of schools and 4 months later.

Setting: Secondary school in Dresden, Germany.

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There is a large inter-individual variation for umami taste perception. However the neural mechanism for this variability is not well understood. This study investigated brain responses to umami and salty taste among individuals with different umami identification abilities and the effect of repeated oral umami exposure on umami identification and neural processing of taste perceptions.

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