National Institute of Nutrition to launch sero survey in Telangana

Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state. The sero-prevalence […]

Hyderabad: City-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) and State government are all set to launch a state-wide SARS-COV-2 sero-survey from Tuesday. The survey will be conducted among general population and healthcare workers, in all the districts of Telangana and aims to assess the extent of community spread of the infection in the state.

The sero-prevalence will be assessed by examining the SARS Cov-2, IgG antibodies in the blood samples to be collected from the general population and Health Care Workers (HCW) across the districts. The State government is supporting the survey and the state’s health department and other administrative departments will collaborate with NIN, which falls under the jurisdiction of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

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The house-to-house survey will cover 330 villages in all the 33 districts and several wards of the state. “A population of 16,000 individuals will be covered in this survey. In each of the 33 districts, 10 villages will be selected randomly and from each village 40 people above 6 years of age from, both males and females will be covered. In addition, samples and data will also be collected from healthcare workers in all the districts”, said Dr Avula Laxmaiah, Scientist G and Head, Public Health Nutrition Division, NIN who is leading the survey.

Director, NIN, Dr R Hemalatha said that over 20 teams each with a scientist/doctor, technician and phlebotomist, 4 co-ordinators, one Lead Scientist from NIN will work in tandem with the state health department to complete the survey in about 3 weeks.

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