Sero prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in general population of Nagpur district
| Autor: | Uday W. Narlawar, Pragati G Rathod, Ujwala U. Ukey, Sarita K. Sharma, Sanjay Zodpey |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
education.field_of_study Community level Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Public health Population Sero prevalence law.invention Transmission (mechanics) Geography law Environmental health medicine Seroprevalence education |
| Zdroj: | International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 8:3952 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6040 2394-6032 |
| DOI: | 10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213027 |
| Popis: | Background: Population based sero-epidemiological studies help us to determine the burden of COVID-19 infection at the community level and to monitor the trends in transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Antibody based sero-positivity indicates the extent of spread of infection in the given population and forms the basis for strengthening public health mitigation measures. The present study was carried out with the objective of conducting population level serosurvey in Nagpur district to understand the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and to help the designing and implementation of appropriate health system and policy level interventions. This cross-sectional study was carried out in Nagpur District over two weeks in October and November 2020. For the purpose of this survey the Nagpur district was divided into NMC area and Non NMC area.Methods: House to house survey was carried out and data was collected using Google form. For detection of SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies venous blood was collected from each participant and electrochemiluminescence immunoassay was performed. The data was cleaned, coded and analysed using EPI INFO.Results: The total seroprevalence in Nagpur district was found to be 35.17 %. The seroprevalance in NMC area was 49.7% which was more than twice from that of Non NMC area (20.7%).Conclusions: Considerably large numbers of infections are asymptomatic, however a sizeable proportion of population is still susceptible to the infection and thus there is no time for complacency. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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