Assessing seropositivity for IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in Ahmedabad city of India: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the percentage seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 to understand the pandemic status and predict the future situations in Ahmedabad.

Study design

Cross-sectional study.

Settings

Field area of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

Participants

More than 30 000 individuals irrespective of their age, sex, acute/past COVID-19 infection participated in the serosurvey which covered all the 75 Urban Primary Health Centres (UPHCs) across 48 wards and 7 zones of the city. Study also involved healthcare workers (HCWs) from COVID-19/non-COVID-19 hospitals.

Interventions

Seropositivity of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 was measured as a mark of COVID-19 infection.

Primary and secondary outcomes

Seropositivity was used to calculate cumulative incid

SUBMITTER: Prakash O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7786546 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature