COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Petersburg, Russia: Combining population-based serological study and surveillance data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic in Russia has already resulted in 500,000 excess deaths, with more than 5.6 million cases registered officially by July 2021. Surveillance based on case reporting has become the core pandemic monitoring method in the country and globally. However, population-based seroprevalence studies may provide an unbiased estimate of the actual disease spread and, in combination with multiple surveillance tools, help to define the pandemic course. This study summarises results from four consecutive serological surveys conducted between May 2020 and April 2021 at St. Petersburg, Russia and combines them with other SARS-CoV-2 surveillance data.

Methods

We conducted four serological surveys of two random samples (May-June, July-August, October-December 2020

SUBMITTER: Barchuk A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9200332 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature