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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Feb;27(2):586-589.
doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203938.
Population-Based Serosurvey for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission, Chennai, India
Sriram Selvaraju, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Tarun Bhatnagar, Velusamy Saravanakumar, Chethrapilly Purushothaman Girish Kumar, Krithikaa Sekar, Ezhilarasan Ilayaperumal, Ramasamy Sabarinathan, Murugesan Jagadeesan, Masanam Sriramulu Hemalatha, Manoj Vasant Murhekar, Chennai COVID Sero-Surveillance Team
Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to estimate the seroprevalence of IgG against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Chennai, India. Among 12,405 serum samples tested, weighted seroprevalence was 18.4% (95% CI 14.8%-22.6%). These findings indicate most of the population of Chennai is still susceptible to this virus.
Keywords: COVID-19; Chennai; IgG; India; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; serosurvey; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Feb;27(2):586-589.
doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203938.
Population-Based Serosurvey for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Transmission, Chennai, India
Sriram Selvaraju, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj, Tarun Bhatnagar, Velusamy Saravanakumar, Chethrapilly Purushothaman Girish Kumar, Krithikaa Sekar, Ezhilarasan Ilayaperumal, Ramasamy Sabarinathan, Murugesan Jagadeesan, Masanam Sriramulu Hemalatha, Manoj Vasant Murhekar, Chennai COVID Sero-Surveillance Team
- PMID: 33496222
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2702.203938
Abstract
We conducted a cross-sectional survey to estimate the seroprevalence of IgG against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in Chennai, India. Among 12,405 serum samples tested, weighted seroprevalence was 18.4% (95% CI 14.8%-22.6%). These findings indicate most of the population of Chennai is still susceptible to this virus.
Keywords: COVID-19; Chennai; IgG; India; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; respiratory infections; serosurvey; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; transmission; viruses; zoonoses.