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SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The first national severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) serosurvey in India, done in May-June, 2020, among adults aged 18 years or older from 21 states, found a SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody seroprevalence of 0·73% (95% CI 0·34-1·13). We aimed to assess the more recent nationwide seroprevalence in the general population in India.

Methods

We did a second household serosurvey among individuals aged 10 years or older in the same 700 villages or wards within 70 districts in India that were included in the first serosurvey. Individuals aged younger than 10 years and households that did not respond at the time of survey were excluded. Participants were interviewed to collect information on sociodemographics, symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, exposure history to laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, and history of COVID-19 illness. 3-5 mL of venous blood was collected from each participant and blood samples were tested using the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay. Seroprevalence was estimated after applying the sampling weights and adjusting for clustering and assay characteristics. We randomly selected one adult serum sample from each household to compare the seroprevalence among adults between the two serosurveys.

Findings

Between Aug 18 and Sept 20, 2020, we enrolled and collected serum samples from 29?082 individuals from 15?613 households. The weighted and adjusted seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in individuals aged 10 years or older was 6·6% (95% CI 5·8-7·4). Among 15?084 randomly selected adults (one per household), the weighted and adjusted seroprevalence was 7·1% (6·2-8·2). Seroprevalence was similar across age groups, sexes, and occupations. Seroprevalence was highest in urban slum areas followed by urban non-slum and rural areas. We estimated a cumulative 74·3 million infections in the country by Aug 18, 2020, with 26-32 infections for every reported COVID-19 case.

Interpretation

Approximately one in 15 individuals aged 10 years or older in India had SARS-CoV-2 infection by Aug 18, 2020. The adult seroprevalence increased approximately tenfold between May and August, 2020. Lower infection-to-case ratio in August than in May reflects a substantial increase in testing across the country.

Funding

Indian Council of Medical Research.

SUBMITTER: Murhekar MV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7906675 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey.

Murhekar Manoj V MV   Bhatnagar Tarun T   Selvaraju Sriram S   Saravanakumar V V   Thangaraj Jeromie Wesley Vivian JWV   Shah Naman N   Kumar Muthusamy Santhosh MS   Rade Kiran K   Sabarinathan R R   Asthana Smita S   Balachandar Rakesh R   Bangar Sampada Dipak SD   Bansal Avi Kumar AK   Bhat Jyothi J   Chopra Vishal V   Das Dasarathi D   Deb Alok Kumar AK   Devi Kangjam Rekha KR   Dwivedi Gaurav Raj GR   Khan S Muhammad Salim SMS   Kumar C P Girish CPG   Kumar M Sunil MS   Laxmaiah Avula A   Madhukar Major M   Mahapatra Amarendra A   Mohanty Suman Sundar SS   Rangaraju Chethana C   Turuk Alka A   Baradwaj Dinesh Kumar DK   Chahal Ashrafjit S AS   Debnath Falguni F   Haq Inaamul I   Kalliath Arshad A   Kanungo Srikanta S   Kshatri Jaya Singh JS   Lakshmi G G J Naga GGJN   Mitra Anindya A   Nirmala A R AR   Prasad Ganta Venkata GV   Qurieshi Mariya Amin MA   Sahay Seema S   Sangwan Ramesh Kumar RK   Sekar Krithikaa K   Shukla Vijay Kumar VK   Singh Prashant Kumar PK   Singh Pushpendra P   Singh Rajeev R   Varma Dantuluri Sheethal DS   Viramgami Ankit A   Panda Samiran S   Reddy D C S DCS   Bhargava Balram B  

The Lancet. Global health 20210127 3


<h4>Background</h4>The first national severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) serosurvey in India, done in May-June, 2020, among adults aged 18 years or older from 21 states, found a SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibody seroprevalence of 0·73% (95% CI 0·34-1·13). We aimed to assess the more recent nationwide seroprevalence in the general population in India.<h4>Methods</h4>We did a second household serosurvey among individuals aged 10 years or older in the same 700 villages or wards with  ...[more]

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