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Coronavirus: ICMR advises states to conduct survey of exposure in population

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The testing will be conducted using ELISA test kits developed by ICMR’s National Institute of Virology in Pune The Indian Council of Medical Research on Saturday advised states to conduct a survey of exposure of their population to the novel Coronavirus, officially called SARS-COV2, using the ELISA antibody test. “In an attempt to decide the future course of action against the pandemic, ICMR has communicated a detailed plan to all the states to measure coronavirus exposure in general population as well as in high risk populations.

This sero-survey will guide appropriate public health intervention," ICMR said in a release. While RT-PCR tests are the gold standard for diagnosis of covid-19, antibody tests are critical to understand the

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