Research

Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Title :

The Karnataka state COVID-19 serosurvey

Area of research :

Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, COVID-19 Research

Focus area :

Serosurveillance of COVID-19

Principal Investigator :

Prof Giridhara R Babu, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Hyderabad

Timeline Start Year :

2020

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Executive Summary :

The state public health measures to quantify the existing burden of disease through epidemiological investigation aided through repeated cross-sectional sentinel surveys. Sentinel surveillance provides high-quality data which can be compared across districts. By conducting repeated rounds of serial cross-sectional surveys throughout the state. As an extensive cross-sectional survey in India, the study was done to estimate the prevalence (acute and past infection) of COVID-19 among adults in the general population of Karnataka state.

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