Kritsotakis, E.I. orcid.org/0000-0002-9526-3852 (2020) On the importance of population-based serological surveys of SARS-CoV-2 without overlooking their inherent uncertainties. Public Health in Practice, 1. 100013. ISSN 2666-5352
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 epidemic has caused an unprecedented public health situation and more than ever it is important to be well informed on methods to monitor and analyse the progression of the epidemic. This brief note aims to explain the scope in conducting large-scale serological surveys of SARS-CoV-2 to define the landscape of population immunity, without overlooking the inherent uncertainty steaming from sampling design and diagnostic validity. The note completes with a succinct appendix of simple statistical methods for estimating prevalence from random population samples using imperfect diagnostic tests.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Seroepidemiology; Seroprevalence; Random sampling; Diagnostic validity; Antibodies; Coronavirus |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2022 09:48 |
Last Modified: | 28 Oct 2022 12:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.puhip.2020.100013 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191877 |