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1. Prevalence and factors associated with tuberculosis infection in India

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Selvaraju, Sriram, Velayutham, Banurekha, Rao, Raghuram, Rade, Kiran, Thiruvengadam, Kannan, Asthana, Smita, Balachandar, Rakesh, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, Bansal, Avi Kumar, Bhat, Jyothi, Chopra, Vishal, Das, Dasarathi, Dutta, Shantha, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, Kalliath, Arshad, Laxmaiah, Avula, Madhukar, Major, Mahapatra, Amarendra, Mohanty, Suman Sundar, Rangaraju, Chethana, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, Menon, Pradeep Aravindan, Krishnan, Rajendran, Singh, Manjula, Sekar, Krithikaa, Robinson, Aby, Turuk, Alka, Krishnan, Nivethitha N., Srinivasan, Nivetha, Rexy, Catherine, Suresh, M., Hanna, Luke Elizabeth, Choudhury, Avijit H, Parmar, Malik, Ramachandran, Ranjani, Kumar, Nishant, Joshi, Rajendra Panduranga, Narasimhaiah, Somashekar, Chandrasekaran, Padmapriyadarsini, Khan, A.M., Panda, Samiran, and Bhargava, Balram

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2023
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2. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020–January 2021

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Anand, Tanu, Babu, Giridhara R., Chauhan, Himanshu, Dikid, Tanzin, Gangakhedkar, Raman R., Kant, Shashi, Kulkarni, Sanket, Muliyil, J.P., Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, Sarkar, Swarup, Shah, Naman, Shrivastava, Aakash, Singh, Sujeet K., Zodpe, Sanjay, Hindupur, Anusha, Asish, P.R., Chellakumar, M., Chokkalingam, D., Dasgupta, Sauvik, Gowtham, M.M.E., Jose, Annamma, Kalaiyarasi, K., Karthik, N.N., Karunakaran, T., Kiruthika, G., Dinesh Kumar, H., Sarath Kumar, S., Sarath Kumar, M.P., Michaelraj, E., Pradhan, Josephine, Arun Prasath, E.B., Gladys Angelin Rachel, D., Rani, Sudha, Rozario, Amanda, Sivakumar, R., Gnana Soundari, P., Sujeetha, K., Vinod, Arya, Murhekar, Manoj V., Bhatnagar, Tarun, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Saravanakumar, V., Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh, Selvaraju, Sriram, Rade, Kiran, Kumar, C.P. Girish, Sabarinathan, R., Turuk, Alka, Asthana, Smita, Balachandar, Rakesh, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, Bansal, Avi Kumar, Chopra, Vishal, Das, Dasarathi, Deb, Alok Kumar, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, Dhikav, Vikas, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, Khan, S. Muhammad Salim, Kumar, M. Sunil, Laxmaiah, Avula, Madhukar, Major, Mahapatra, Amarendra, Rangaraju, Chethana, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, Yadav, Rajiv, Andhalkar, Rushikesh, Arunraj, K., Bharadwaj, Dinesh Kumar, Bharti, Pravin, Bhattacharya, Debdutta, Bhat, Jyothi, Chahal, Ashrafjit S., Chakraborty, Debjit, Chaudhury, Anshuman, Deval, Hirawati, Dhatrak, Sarang, Dayal, Rakesh, Elantamilan, D., Giridharan, Prathiksha, Haq, Inaamul, Hudda, Ramesh Kumar, Jagjeevan, Babu, Kalliath, Arshad, Kanungo, Srikanta, Krishnan, Nivethitha N., Kshatri, Jaya Singh, Kumar, Alok, Kumar, Niraj, Kumar, V.G. Vinoth, Lakshmi, G.G.J. Naga, Mehta, Ganesh, Mishra, Nandan Kumar, Mitra, Anindya, Nagbhushanam, K., Nimmathota, Arlappa, Nirmala, A.R., Pandey, Ashok Kumar, Prasad, Ganta Venkata, Qurieshi, Mariya Amin, Reddy, Sirasanambatti Devarajulu, Robinson, Aby, Sahay, Seema, Saxena, Rochak, Sekar, Krithikaa, Shukla, Vijay Kumar, Singh, Hari Bhan, Singh, Prashant Kumar, Singh, Pushpendra, Singh, Rajeev, Srinivasan, Nivetha, Varma, Dantuluri Sheethal, Viramgami, Ankit, Wilson, Vimith Cheruvathoor, Yadav, Surabhi, Yadav, Suresh, Zaman, Kamran, Chakrabarti, Amit, Das, Aparup, Dhaliwal, R.S., Dutta, Shanta, Kant, Rajni, Khan, A.M., Narain, Kanwar, Narasimhaiah, Somashekar, Padmapriyadarshini, Chandrasekaran, Pandey, Krishna, Pati, Sanghamitra, Patil, Shripad, Rajkumar, Hemalatha, Ramarao, Tekumalla, Sharma, Y.K., Singh, Shalini, Panda, Samiran, Reddy, D.C.S., and Bhargava, Balram

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2021
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3. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August–September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey

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Andhalkar, Rushikesh, Chaudhury, Anshuman, Deval, Hirawati, Dhatrak, Sarang, Gupta, Rajeev Ranjan, Ilayaperumal, Ezhilarasan, Jagjeevan, Babu, Jha, Ramesh Chandra, Kiran, K, Krishnan, Nivethitha N, Kumar, Alok, Kumar, VG Vinoth, Nagbhushanam, K, Nimmathota, Arlappa, Pandey, Ashok Kumar, Pawar, Harpreet Singh, Rathore, Kushal Singh, Robinson, Aby, Singh, Hari Bhan, Wilson, Vimith Cheruvathoor, Yadav, Ashwini, Yadav, Rajiv, Karunakaran, T, Pradhan, Josephine, Sivakumar, T, Jose, Annamma, Kalaiyarasi, K, Dasgupta, Sauvik, Anusha, R, Anand, Tanu, Babu, Giridhara R, Chauhan, Himanshu, Dikid, Tanzin, Gangakhedkar, Raman R, Kant, Shashi, Kulkarni, Sanket, Muliyil, J P, Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, Sarkar, Swarup, Shrivastava, Aakash, Singh, Sujeet K, Zodpey, Sanjay, Das, Aparup, Das, Pradeep, Dutta, Shanta, Kant, Rajni, Narain, Kanwar, Narasimhaiah, Somashekar, Pati, Sanghamitra, Patil, Shripad, Rajkumar, Hemalatha, Ramarao, Tekumalla, Sarkar, Kamalesh, Singh, Shalini, Toteja, Gurudayal S, Zaman, Kamran, Murhekar, Manoj V, Bhatnagar, Tarun, Selvaraju, Sriram, Saravanakumar, V, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Shah, Naman, Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh, Rade, Kiran, Sabarinathan, R, Asthana, Smita, Balachandar, Rakesh, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, Bansal, Avi Kumar, Bhat, Jyothi, Chopra, Vishal, Das, Dasarathi, Deb, Alok Kumar, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, Khan, S Muhammad Salim, Kumar, C P Girish, Kumar, M Sunil, Laxmaiah, Avula, Madhukar, Major, Mahapatra, Amarendra, Mohanty, Suman Sundar, Rangaraju, Chethana, Turuk, Alka, Baradwaj, Dinesh Kumar, Chahal, Ashrafjit S, Debnath, Falguni, Haq, Inaamul, Kalliath, Arshad, Kanungo, Srikanta, Kshatri, Jaya Singh, Lakshmi, G G J Naga, Mitra, Anindya, Nirmala, A R, Prasad, Ganta Venkata, Qurieshi, Mariya Amin, Sahay, Seema, Sangwan, Ramesh Kumar, Sekar, Krithikaa, Shukla, Vijay Kumar, Singh, Prashant Kumar, Singh, Pushpendra, Singh, Rajeev, Varma, Dantuluri Sheethal, Viramgami, Ankit, Panda, Samiran, Reddy, D C S, and Bhargava, Balram

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2021
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4. Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among the general population and healthcare workers in India, June-July 2021: A population-based cross-sectional study

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Murhekar, Manoj V., Bhatnagar, Tarun, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, Saravanakumar, V., Santhosh Kumar, Muthusamy, Selvaraju, Sriram, Rade, Kiran, Kumar, C. P. Girish, Sabarinathan, R., Asthana, Smita, Balachandar, Rakesh, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, Bansal, Avi Kumar, Bhat, Jyothi, Chakraborty, Debjit, Chopra, Vishal, Das, Dasarathi, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, Jain, Agam, Khan, S. Muhammad Salim, Kumar, M. Sunil, Laxmaiah, Avula, Madhukar, Major, Mahapatra, Amarendra, Ramesh, Talluri, Rangaraju, Chethana, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, Yadav, Suresh, and Bhargava, Balram

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Immunoglobulin G -- Statistics -- Health aspects, Medical personnel -- Statistics -- Health aspects, Biological sciences
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Background India began COVID-19 vaccination in January 2021, initially targeting healthcare and frontline workers. The vaccination strategy was expanded in a phased manner and currently covers all individuals aged 18 years and above. India experienced a severe second wave of COVID-19 during March-June 2021. We conducted a fourth nationwide serosurvey to estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in the general population aged [greater than or equal to]6 years and healthcare workers (HCWs). Methods and findings We did a cross-sectional study between 14 June and 6 July 2021 in the same 70 districts across 20 states and 1 union territory where 3 previous rounds of serosurveys were conducted. From each district, 10 clusters (villages in rural areas and wards in urban areas) were selected by the probability proportional to population size method. From each district, a minimum of 400 individuals aged [greater than or equal to]6 years from the general population (40 individuals from each cluster) and 100 HCWs from the district public health facilities were included. The serum samples were tested for the presence of IgG antibodies against S1-RBD and nucleocapsid protein of SARS-CoV-2 using chemiluminescence immunoassay. We estimated the weighted and test-adjusted seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, along with 95% CIs, based on the presence of antibodies to S1-RBD and/or nucleocapsid protein. Of the 28,975 individuals who participated in the survey, 2,892 (10%) were aged 6-9 years, 5,798 (20%) were aged 10-17 years, and 20,285 (70%) were aged [greater than or equal to]18 years; 15,160 (52.3%) participants were female, and 21,794 (75.2%) resided in rural areas. The weighted and test-adjusted prevalence of IgG antibodies against S1-RBD and/or nucleocapsid protein among the general population aged [greater than or equal to]6 years was 67.6% (95% CI 66.4% to 68.7%). Seroprevalence increased with age (p < 0.001) and was not different in rural and urban areas (p = 0.822). Compared to unvaccinated adults (62.3%, 95% CI 60.9% to 63.7%), seroprevalence was significantly higher among individuals who had received 1 vaccine dose (81.0%, 95% CI 79.6% to 82.3%, p < 0.001) and 2 vaccine doses (89.8%, 95% CI 88.4% to 91.1%, p < 0.001). The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies among 7,252 HCWs was 85.2% (95% CI 83.5% to 86.7%). Important limitations of the study include the survey design, which was aimed to estimate seroprevalence at the national level and not at a sub-national level, and the non-participation of 19% of eligible individuals in the survey. Conclusions Nearly two-thirds of individuals aged [greater than or equal to]6 years from the general population and 85% of HCWs had antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 by June-July 2021 in India. As one-third of the population is still seronegative, it is necessary to accelerate the coverage of COVID-19 vaccination among adults and continue adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions., Author(s): Manoj V. Murhekar 1,*, Tarun Bhatnagar 1, Jeromie Wesley Vivian Thangaraj 1, V. Saravanakumar 1, Muthusamy Santhosh Kumar 1, Sriram Selvaraju 2, Kiran Rade 3, C. P. Girish Kumar [...]

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2021
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5. Factors associated with COVID-19 stigma during the onset of the global pandemic in India: A cross-sectional study

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Adhikari, Tulsi, primary, Aggarwal, Sumit, additional, Nair, Saritha, additional, Joshi, Aparna, additional, Diwan, Vishal, additional, Stephen, A., additional, Devi, K. Rekha, additional, Kumar Mishra, Bijaya, additional, Yadav, Girijesh Kumar, additional, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, additional, Sahu, Damodar, additional, Yadav, Jeetendra, additional, Ovung, Senthanro, additional, Gulati, Bal Kishan, additional, Sharma, Saurabh, additional, Singh, Charan, additional, Duggal, Chetna, additional, Sharma, Moina, additional, Ujagare, Dhammasagar, additional, Padmakar Chinchore, Sneha, additional, Rebecca, Pricilla B., additional, Rani, S., additional, Selvaraj, Pradeep, additional, Xavier, Gladston G., additional, Peter, Vanessa, additional, Watson, Basilea, additional, Kannan, T., additional, Asmathulla, K. S. Md., additional, Bhattacharya, Debdutta, additional, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, additional, Palo, Subrata Kumar, additional, Kanungo, Srikanta, additional, Kumar Behera, Ajit, additional, Pandey, Ashok Kumar, additional, Zaman, Kamran, additional, Misra, Brij Ranjan, additional, Kumar, Niraj, additional, Behera, Sthita Pragnya, additional, Singh, Rajeev, additional, Narain, Kanwar, additional, Kant, Rajni, additional, Sahay, Seema, additional, Tiwari, Rajnarayan R., additional, Thomas, Beena Elizabeth, additional, and Rao, M. Vishnu Vardhana, additional

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2022
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6. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among the general population and healthcare workers in India, December 2020–January 2021

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Murhekar, Manoj V., primary, Bhatnagar, Tarun, additional, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, additional, Saravanakumar, V., additional, Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh, additional, Selvaraju, Sriram, additional, Rade, Kiran, additional, Kumar, C.P. Girish, additional, Sabarinathan, R., additional, Turuk, Alka, additional, Asthana, Smita, additional, Balachandar, Rakesh, additional, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, additional, Bansal, Avi Kumar, additional, Chopra, Vishal, additional, Das, Dasarathi, additional, Deb, Alok Kumar, additional, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, additional, Dhikav, Vikas, additional, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, additional, Khan, S. Muhammad Salim, additional, Kumar, M. Sunil, additional, Laxmaiah, Avula, additional, Madhukar, Major, additional, Mahapatra, Amarendra, additional, Rangaraju, Chethana, additional, Turuk, Jyotirmayee, additional, Yadav, Rajiv, additional, Andhalkar, Rushikesh, additional, Arunraj, K., additional, Bharadwaj, Dinesh Kumar, additional, Bharti, Pravin, additional, Bhattacharya, Debdutta, additional, Bhat, Jyothi, additional, Chahal, Ashrafjit S., additional, Chakraborty, Debjit, additional, Chaudhury, Anshuman, additional, Deval, Hirawati, additional, Dhatrak, Sarang, additional, Dayal, Rakesh, additional, Elantamilan, D., additional, Giridharan, Prathiksha, additional, Haq, Inaamul, additional, Hudda, Ramesh Kumar, additional, Jagjeevan, Babu, additional, Kalliath, Arshad, additional, Kanungo, Srikanta, additional, Krishnan, Nivethitha N., additional, Kshatri, Jaya Singh, additional, Kumar, Alok, additional, Kumar, Niraj, additional, Kumar, V.G. Vinoth, additional, Lakshmi, G.G.J. Naga, additional, Mehta, Ganesh, additional, Mishra, Nandan Kumar, additional, Mitra, Anindya, additional, Nagbhushanam, K., additional, Nimmathota, Arlappa, additional, Nirmala, A.R., additional, Pandey, Ashok Kumar, additional, Prasad, Ganta Venkata, additional, Qurieshi, Mariya Amin, additional, Reddy, Sirasanambatti Devarajulu, additional, Robinson, Aby, additional, Sahay, Seema, additional, Saxena, Rochak, additional, Sekar, Krithikaa, additional, Shukla, Vijay Kumar, additional, Singh, Hari Bhan, additional, Singh, Prashant Kumar, additional, Singh, Pushpendra, additional, Singh, Rajeev, additional, Srinivasan, Nivetha, additional, Varma, Dantuluri Sheethal, additional, Viramgami, Ankit, additional, Wilson, Vimith Cheruvathoor, additional, Yadav, Surabhi, additional, Yadav, Suresh, additional, Zaman, Kamran, additional, Chakrabarti, Amit, additional, Das, Aparup, additional, Dhaliwal, R.S., additional, Dutta, Shanta, additional, Kant, Rajni, additional, Khan, A.M., additional, Narain, Kanwar, additional, Narasimhaiah, Somashekar, additional, Padmapriyadarshini, Chandrasekaran, additional, Pandey, Krishna, additional, Pati, Sanghamitra, additional, Patil, Shripad, additional, Rajkumar, Hemalatha, additional, Ramarao, Tekumalla, additional, Sharma, Y.K., additional, Singh, Shalini, additional, Panda, Samiran, additional, Reddy, D.C.S., additional, Bhargava, Balram, additional, Anand, Tanu, additional, Babu, Giridhara R., additional, Chauhan, Himanshu, additional, Dikid, Tanzin, additional, Gangakhedkar, Raman R., additional, Kant, Shashi, additional, Kulkarni, Sanket, additional, Muliyil, J.P., additional, Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, additional, Sarkar, Swarup, additional, Shah, Naman, additional, Shrivastava, Aakash, additional, Singh, Sujeet K., additional, Zodpe, Sanjay, additional, Hindupur, Anusha, additional, Asish, P.R., additional, Chellakumar, M., additional, Chokkalingam, D., additional, Dasgupta, Sauvik, additional, Gowtham, M.M.E., additional, Jose, Annamma, additional, Kalaiyarasi, K., additional, Karthik, N.N., additional, Karunakaran, T., additional, Kiruthika, G., additional, Dinesh Kumar, H., additional, Sarath Kumar, S., additional, Sarath Kumar, M.P., additional, Michaelraj, E., additional, Pradhan, Josephine, additional, Arun Prasath, E.B., additional, Gladys Angelin Rachel, D., additional, Rani, Sudha, additional, Rozario, Amanda, additional, Sivakumar, R., additional, Gnana Soundari, P., additional, Sujeetha, K., additional, and Vinod, Arya, additional

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2021
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7. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August–September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household serosurvey

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Murhekar, Manoj V, primary, Bhatnagar, Tarun, additional, Selvaraju, Sriram, additional, Saravanakumar, V, additional, Thangaraj, Jeromie Wesley Vivian, additional, Shah, Naman, additional, Kumar, Muthusamy Santhosh, additional, Rade, Kiran, additional, Sabarinathan, R, additional, Asthana, Smita, additional, Balachandar, Rakesh, additional, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, additional, Bansal, Avi Kumar, additional, Bhat, Jyothi, additional, Chopra, Vishal, additional, Das, Dasarathi, additional, Deb, Alok Kumar, additional, Devi, Kangjam Rekha, additional, Dwivedi, Gaurav Raj, additional, Khan, S Muhammad Salim, additional, Kumar, C P Girish, additional, Kumar, M Sunil, additional, Laxmaiah, Avula, additional, Madhukar, Major, additional, Mahapatra, Amarendra, additional, Mohanty, Suman Sundar, additional, Rangaraju, Chethana, additional, Turuk, Alka, additional, Baradwaj, Dinesh Kumar, additional, Chahal, Ashrafjit S, additional, Debnath, Falguni, additional, Haq, Inaamul, additional, Kalliath, Arshad, additional, Kanungo, Srikanta, additional, Kshatri, Jaya Singh, additional, Lakshmi, G G J Naga, additional, Mitra, Anindya, additional, Nirmala, A R, additional, Prasad, Ganta Venkata, additional, Qurieshi, Mariya Amin, additional, Sahay, Seema, additional, Sangwan, Ramesh Kumar, additional, Sekar, Krithikaa, additional, Shukla, Vijay Kumar, additional, Singh, Prashant Kumar, additional, Singh, Pushpendra, additional, Singh, Rajeev, additional, Varma, Dantuluri Sheethal, additional, Viramgami, Ankit, additional, Panda, Samiran, additional, Reddy, D C S, additional, Bhargava, Balram, additional, Andhalkar, Rushikesh, additional, Chaudhury, Anshuman, additional, Deval, Hirawati, additional, Dhatrak, Sarang, additional, Gupta, Rajeev Ranjan, additional, Ilayaperumal, Ezhilarasan, additional, Jagjeevan, Babu, additional, Jha, Ramesh Chandra, additional, Kiran, K, additional, Krishnan, Nivethitha N, additional, Kumar, Alok, additional, Kumar, VG Vinoth, additional, Nagbhushanam, K, additional, Nimmathota, Arlappa, additional, Pandey, Ashok Kumar, additional, Pawar, Harpreet Singh, additional, Rathore, Kushal Singh, additional, Robinson, Aby, additional, Singh, Hari Bhan, additional, Wilson, Vimith Cheruvathoor, additional, Yadav, Ashwini, additional, Yadav, Rajiv, additional, Karunakaran, T, additional, Pradhan, Josephine, additional, Sivakumar, T, additional, Jose, Annamma, additional, Kalaiyarasi, K, additional, Dasgupta, Sauvik, additional, Anusha, R, additional, Anand, Tanu, additional, Babu, Giridhara R, additional, Chauhan, Himanshu, additional, Dikid, Tanzin, additional, Gangakhedkar, Raman R, additional, Kant, Shashi, additional, Kulkarni, Sanket, additional, Muliyil, J P, additional, Pandey, Ravindra Mohan, additional, Sarkar, Swarup, additional, Shrivastava, Aakash, additional, Singh, Sujeet K, additional, Zodpey, Sanjay, additional, Das, Aparup, additional, Das, Pradeep, additional, Dutta, Shanta, additional, Kant, Rajni, additional, Narain, Kanwar, additional, Narasimhaiah, Somashekar, additional, Pati, Sanghamitra, additional, Patil, Shripad, additional, Rajkumar, Hemalatha, additional, Ramarao, Tekumalla, additional, Sarkar, Kamalesh, additional, Singh, Shalini, additional, Toteja, Gurudayal S, additional, and Zaman, Kamran, additional

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2021
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8. Development & validation of scales to assess stigma related to COVID-19 in India.

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Nair, Saritha, Joshi, Aparna, Aggarwal, Sumit, Adhikari, Tulsi, Mahajan, Nupur, Diwan, Vishal, Stephen, A., Rekha Devi, K., Mishra, Bijaya Kumar, Yadav, Girijesh Kumar, Kohli, Rewa, Sahu, Damodar, Gulati, Bal Kishan, Sharma, Saurabh, Yadav, Jeetendra, Ovung, Senthanro, Duggal, Chetna, Sharma, Moina, Bangar, Sampada Dipak, and Andhalkar, Rushikesh

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*COVID-19, *SOCIAL stigma, *CRONBACH'S alpha, *COVID-19 pandemic, *STATISTICAL reliability
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Background & objectives: COVID-19 pandemic has triggered social stigma towards individuals affected and their families. This study describes the process undertaken for the development and validation of scales to assess stigmatizing attitudes and experiences among COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 participants from the community. Methods: COVID-19 Stigma Scale and Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale constituting 13 and six items, respectively, were developed based on review of literature and news reports, expert committee evaluation and participants’ interviews through telephone for a multicentric study in India. For content validity, 61 (30 COVID-19-recovered and 31 non-COVID-19 participants from the community) were recruited. Test–retest reliability of the scales was assessed among 99 participants (41 COVID-19 recovered and 58 non-COVID-19). Participants were administered the scale at two-time points after a gap of 7-12 days. Cronbach’s alpha, overall percentage agreement and kappa statistics were used to assess internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Results: Items in the scales were relevant and comprehensible. Both the scales had Cronbach’s α above 0.6 indicating moderate-to-good internal consistency. Test–retest reliability assessed using kappa statistics indicated that for the COVID-19 Stigma Scale, seven items had a moderate agreement (0.4-0.6). For the Community COVID-19 Stigma Scale, four items had a moderate agreement. Interpretation & conclusions: Validity and reliability of the two stigma scales indicated that the scales were comprehensible and had moderate internal consistency. These scales could be used to assess COVID-19 stigma and help in the development of appropriate stigma reduction interventions for COVID-19 infected, and mitigation of stigmatizing attitudes in the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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9. Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in India: Findings from the national serosurvey, May-June 2020.

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Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, Rade K, Saravanakumar V, Vivian Thangaraj JW, Kumar MS, Shah N, Sabarinathan R, Turuk A, Anand PK, Asthana S, Balachandar R, Bangar SD, Bansal AK, Bhat J, Chakraborty D, Rangaraju C, Chopra V, Das D, Deb AK, Devi KR, Dwivedi GR, Salim Khan SM, Haq I, Kumar MS, Laxmaiah A, Madhuka, Mahapatra A, Mitra A, Nirmala AR, Pagdhune A, Qurieshi MA, Ramarao T, Sahay S, Sharma YK, Shrinivasa MB, Shukla VK, Singh PK, Viramgami A, Wilson VC, Yadav R, Girish Kumar CP, Luke HE, Ranganathan UD, Babu S, Sekar K, Yadav PD, Sapkal GN, Das A, Das P, Dutta S, Hemalatha R, Kumar A, Narain K, Narasimhaiah S, Panda S, Pati S, Patil S, Sarkar K, Singh S, Kant R, Tripathy S, Toteja GS, Babu GR, Kant S, Muliyil JP, Pandey RM, Sarkar S, Singh SK, Zodpey S, Gangakhedkar RR, S Reddy DC, and Bhargava B

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Betacoronavirus pathogenicity, COVID-19, Coronavirus Infections blood, Coronavirus Infections virology, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Humans, India epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Pandemics, Pneumonia, Viral blood, Pneumonia, Viral virology, SARS-CoV-2, Seroepidemiologic Studies, Young Adult, Antibodies, Viral blood, Betacoronavirus genetics, Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Immunoglobulin G blood, Pneumonia, Viral epidemiology
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Background & Objectives: Population-based seroepidemiological studies measure the extent of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a country. We report the findings of the first round of a national serosurvey, conducted to estimate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among adult population of India., Methods: From May 11 to June 4, 2020, a randomly sampled, community-based survey was conducted in 700 villages/wards, selected from the 70 districts of the 21 States of India, categorized into four strata based on the incidence of reported COVID-19 cases. Four hundred adults per district were enrolled from 10 clusters with one adult per household. Serum samples were tested for IgG antibodies using COVID Kavach ELISA kit. All positive serum samples were re-tested using Euroimmun SARS-CoV-2 ELISA. Adjusting for survey design and serial test performance, weighted seroprevalence, number of infections, infection to case ratio (ICR) and infection fatality ratio (IFR) were calculated. Logistic regression was used to determine the factors associated with IgG positivity., Results: Total of 30,283 households were visited and 28,000 individuals were enrolled. Population-weighted seroprevalence after adjusting for test performance was 0.73 per cent [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.34-1.13]. Males, living in urban slums and occupation with high risk of exposure to potentially infected persons were associated with seropositivity. A cumulative 6,468,388 adult infections (95% CI: 3,829,029-11,199,423) were estimated in India by the early May. The overall ICR was between 81.6 (95% CI: 48.3-141.4) and 130.1 (95% CI: 77.0-225.2) with May 11 and May 3, 2020 as plausible reference points for reported cases. The IFR in the surveyed districts from high stratum, where death reporting was more robust, was 11.72 (95% CI: 7.21-19.19) to 15.04 (9.26-24.62) per 10,000 adults, using May 24 and June 1, 2020 as plausible reference points for reported deaths., Interpretation & Conclusions: Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was low among the adult population in India around the beginning of May 2020. Further national and local serosurveys are recommended to better inform the public health strategy for containment and mitigation of the epidemic in various parts of the country., Competing Interests: None

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