A Community Based Serosurvey for SARS-CoV2 among Population in an Assembly Constituency of Urban Bangalore, Karnataka

Abstract

Background Serosurvey studies of COVID-19 in the population will inform about the exposure to infection in the community.Objectives To assess the seropositivity to SARS-CoV2 among the population in an urban community.Methodology A descriptive cross-sectional community study among the adult population under an assembly constituency in Urban Bangalore was conducted in December 2020.Results A total of 118 subjects were selected. Sixty one 51.7 subjects were reactive and 06 5.1 subjects had Total Immune Antibodies TIA which may be reactive for COVID-19. The overall number of subjects who were reactive were 67 56.7. About 44 of the subjects with reactivity were in the age group of 21-40 years. The mean IgG value in the reactive group was 6.04. Thirty four 50.8 of the reactive subjects were males and 33 49.2 were females.Conclusions A little more than fifty percent of the subjects had seroprotectivity to COVID-19.nbsp