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Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriers are responsible for the consistent spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community. The Government of India has deputed house-to-house survey teams to aid in identifying asymptomatic individuals and their susceptible contacts. We selected door-to-door...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8930169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_534_21 |
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author | Jain, Vidhi Khan, Salman Ramankutty, Neetha T. Vishwakarma, Kirti Goel, Akhil D. Saurabh, Suman Bhardwaj, Pankaj Gupta, Manoj K. Dara, Sanjeeta Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Praveen Nag, Vijaya Lakshmi Misra, Sanjeev |
author_facet | Jain, Vidhi Khan, Salman Ramankutty, Neetha T. Vishwakarma, Kirti Goel, Akhil D. Saurabh, Suman Bhardwaj, Pankaj Gupta, Manoj K. Dara, Sanjeeta Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Praveen Nag, Vijaya Lakshmi Misra, Sanjeev |
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description | BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriers are responsible for the consistent spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community. The Government of India has deputed house-to-house survey teams to aid in identifying asymptomatic individuals and their susceptible contacts. We selected door-to-door survey teams of a COVID-19 red zone in western India and determined their infectioncontrol practices and anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobin G (IgG) status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This single-day prospective cross-sectional study was conducted by the Department of Microbiology of a tertiary care hospital of Jodhpur, in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Health Services. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) use after written informed consent. Venous blood samples were collected and Kavach enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (J Mitra and Co.) was performed to determine anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status. RESULTS: Out of the total 39 participants, IgG antibody was detected in four. Of them, three reported mild symptoms in the past. Out of two previously real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, only one had detectable IgG antibodies (Ab) in serum. Cloth mask was used by 24, N95 mask by 11, and surgical masks by four. CONCLUSION: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Abs were detected among four members of house-to-house COVID-19 survey teams in Jodhpur. Most of the team members used cloth masks, whereas the Government of India guidelines has recommended triple-layered surgical masks as minimum essential PPE for healthcare workers in India. More such studies should be conducted to ascertain infection prevention and control practices among such vulnerable frontline workers in our country. |
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spelling | pubmed-89301692022-03-18 Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India Jain, Vidhi Khan, Salman Ramankutty, Neetha T. Vishwakarma, Kirti Goel, Akhil D. Saurabh, Suman Bhardwaj, Pankaj Gupta, Manoj K. Dara, Sanjeeta Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Praveen Nag, Vijaya Lakshmi Misra, Sanjeev J Family Med Prim Care Original Article BACKGROUND: Asymptomatic carriers are responsible for the consistent spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the community. The Government of India has deputed house-to-house survey teams to aid in identifying asymptomatic individuals and their susceptible contacts. We selected door-to-door survey teams of a COVID-19 red zone in western India and determined their infectioncontrol practices and anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) immunoglobin G (IgG) status. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This single-day prospective cross-sectional study was conducted by the Department of Microbiology of a tertiary care hospital of Jodhpur, in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Health Services. Participants were asked to fill out a questionnaire regarding personal protective equipment (PPE) use after written informed consent. Venous blood samples were collected and Kavach enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (J Mitra and Co.) was performed to determine anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status. RESULTS: Out of the total 39 participants, IgG antibody was detected in four. Of them, three reported mild symptoms in the past. Out of two previously real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, only one had detectable IgG antibodies (Ab) in serum. Cloth mask was used by 24, N95 mask by 11, and surgical masks by four. CONCLUSION: Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Abs were detected among four members of house-to-house COVID-19 survey teams in Jodhpur. Most of the team members used cloth masks, whereas the Government of India guidelines has recommended triple-layered surgical masks as minimum essential PPE for healthcare workers in India. More such studies should be conducted to ascertain infection prevention and control practices among such vulnerable frontline workers in our country. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-01 2022-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8930169/ /pubmed/35309674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_534_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Jain, Vidhi Khan, Salman Ramankutty, Neetha T. Vishwakarma, Kirti Goel, Akhil D. Saurabh, Suman Bhardwaj, Pankaj Gupta, Manoj K. Dara, Sanjeeta Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Praveen Nag, Vijaya Lakshmi Misra, Sanjeev Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title | Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title_full | Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title_fullStr | Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title_full_unstemmed | Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title_short | Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG status among frontline health workers involved in COVID-19 survey at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India |
title_sort | anti-sars-cov-2 igg status among frontline health workers involved in covid-19 survey at jodhpur, rajasthan, india |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8930169/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35309674 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_534_21 |
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