Longitudinal determination of seroprevalence and immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in a population of food and retail workers through decentralized testing and transformation of ELISA datasets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, numerous studies have been conducted worldwide to understand our immune response to the virus and to vaccination. This study investigates the humoral response elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection and by vaccination in the poorly studied population of food and retail workers. These occupations were classified as essential by the Public Health Agency of Canada, potentially placing this population at greater risk of infection. Such a risk requires access to reliable and adaptable serological assays that can be rapidly deployed to guide public health strategies. Here we investigate the benefits and limitations of applying adaptable, decentralized tests for population-level immune surveillance in response to a pandemi

SUBMITTER: Djaileb A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11649073 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature