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RANCHI: As the state health department is gearing up to launch a drive for Covid-19 vaccination once it is launched by the Centre, experts in the field of infectious diseases management said a serosurvey can help the administration plan a strategy to identify priority zones for the jabs.
Serosruveillance provides an estimate of the levels of antibodies in blood which safeguards the human body against infectious diseases and is considered the gold standard for measuring a population’s immunity following past infections or vaccinations. It is an important component of disease surveillance and complements notification, hospitalisation, mortality and immunisation coverage data.