Seroprevalence of COVID-19 infection in a rural district of South India: A population-based seroepidemiological study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of COVID-19 in a rural district of South India, six months after the index case.

Methodology

We conducted a cross-sectional study of 509 adults aged more than 18 years. From all the four subdistricts, two grampanchayats (administrative cluster of 5-8 villages) were randomly selected followed by one village through convenience. The participants were invited for the study to the community-based study kiosk set up in all the eight villages through village health committees. We collected socio-demographic characteristics and symptoms using a mobile application-based questionnaire, and we tested samples for the presence of IgG antibodies for SARS CoV-2 using an electro chemiluminescent immunoassay. We calculated age-gender adjust

SUBMITTER: Inbaraj LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8011723 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature