Prevalence and Time Trend of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Puducherry, India, August–October 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kar, Sitanshu Sekhar ; Sarkar, Sonali ; Murali, Sharan ; Dhodapkar, Rahul ; Joseph, Noyal Mariya ; Aggarwal, Rakesh
• Description:
  We conducted 3 population-based cross-sectional surveys, at 1-month intervals, to estimate the prevalence and time-trend of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Puducherry, India. Seropositivity rate increased from 4.9% to 34.5% over 2 months and was 20-fold higher than the number of diagnosed cases of infection.
• Subjects:
  Adult Antibodies, Viral Cluster Analysis Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Serological Testing Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Interrupted Time Series Analysis Male Middle Aged Prevalence Seroepidemiologic Studies Time Factors

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(2):666-669
• Pubmed ID:
  33496645
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7853553
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  India
• Location:
  Asia
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:98e1b203e6b81562b8676d0d13cf28244428ec73b2b8c28d723235000c7bbc8f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102487/cdc_102487_DS1.pdf
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